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Sustainable/Impact Investing] Building for Planetary Renewal - Urban Sequoia (A lecture by Mina Hasman, Sustainability Director at SOM)

Sustainable/Impact Investing] Building for Planetary Renewal - Urban Sequoia (A lecture by Mina Hasman, Sustainability Director at SOM)

Urban Sequoia by Mina Hasman. Exploring how architecture can move beyond sustainability toward regeneration—where buildings act like trees, cities function as living ecosystems, and design, capital, and climate innovation converge to create a low-carbon, resilient future.

Sustainable/Impact Investing] Carbon Markets 2.0 – From Voluntary to Compliance-Driven Demand

Sustainable/Impact Investing] Carbon Markets 2.0 – From Voluntary to Compliance-Driven Demand

Summary: Carbon markets are shifting from voluntary offsets to compliance-driven assets. This post breaks down insights from the Carbon Markets 2.0 event—how policy, data, and institutional capital are transforming carbon into a scalable, investable infrastructure class.

Sustainable/Impact Investing] Labelled Bonds and the Pragmatic Turn: Notes from the Climate Bonds Conference 2025 (Oct 22, 2025)

Sustainable/Impact Investing] Labelled Bonds and the Pragmatic Turn: Notes from the Climate Bonds Conference 2025 (Oct 22, 2025)

Summary: why labelled bonds—green, social, and transition—remain resilient amid regulatory change, and how CIOs can deploy capital credibly in the era of pragmatic sustainability.

Sustainable/Impact Investing] The Electrotech Revolution: Notes from the Climate Bonds Conference 2025 (Oct 22, 2025)

Sustainable/Impact Investing] The Electrotech Revolution: Notes from the Climate Bonds Conference 2025 (Oct 22, 2025)

Summary: why the Electrotech Revolution—driven by solar, EVs, and battery storage—is reshaping global capital flows, energy security, and long-term investment strategy for institutional investors.

Sustainable/Impact Investing] Unpacking the Energy Transition: How the Landscape Is Shifting on the Road to Net Zero (Oct 20, 2025)

Sustainable/Impact Investing] Unpacking the Energy Transition: How the Landscape Is Shifting on the Road to Net Zero (Oct 20, 2025)

Summary: Sustainable investing is evolving from slogans to delivery. Investors are holding long-term targets, revising near-term goals, and judging credibility via capex, ROI, and engagement—amid higher rates, policy uncertainty, and an infrastructure-plus-technology risk profile.

Sustainable/Impact Investing] Commercialisation at Scale — Leveraging Impact as a Growth Engine (Oct 22, 2025)

Sustainable/Impact Investing] Commercialisation at Scale — Leveraging Impact as a Growth Engine (Oct 22, 2025)

Summary: Institutional insights from the investor panel re: why sustainability must be reframed through risk and opportunity rather than morality—and how capital is being redirected into system-level innovation, circularity, and future-fit business models.

Sustainable/Impact Investing] IRENA Global Renewables Outlook 2025 (Tracking the UAE Consensus)

Sustainable/Impact Investing] IRENA Global Renewables Outlook 2025 (Tracking the UAE Consensus)

Global renewables remain off-track to meet COP28 goals. Ahead of COP30 in Brazil, IRENA’s 2025 Outlook urges tripling capacity, doubling efficiency, and scaling blended finance to close a $2.8T gap—highlighting emerging-market opportunities and shifting ESG focus to real-economy impact.