Author: Tom Konrad Ph.D. CFA

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September 23, 2024 Sustainability

Slim pickings for tea plantation workers in Sri Lanka election

As Sri Lanka goes to the polls, workers picking tea – the backbone of the economy – have heard all the promises before.

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September 23, 2024 Sustainability

Singapore regulator drops 2026 timeline on ISSB-aligned Scope 3 disclosures for listed firms

SGX RegCo’s mandatory climate reporting rules – effective from 2025 – exclude a fixed timeline for reporting Scope 3 emissions, or indirect value chain emissions, after a public consultation found that issuers might not be ready for it.

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September 22, 2024 Manufacturing

Nigeria’s Ambitious Goal of a Clean Transportation Sector

Although the challenges seem immense, a new RMI report lays out a path forward for electric mobility in Nigeria. Nigeria is on a mission to decarbonize its transportation sector. The African continent’s most populous nation has pledged to have all ne...

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September 22, 2024 Manufacturing

Level 3 Charging In The UK Is Expensive, Which Can Raise The Cost Of Driving An Electric Car

If you charge an electric car in the UK using only Level 3 DC fast chargers, it will cost you quite a bit of money. But who does that? The post Level 3 Charging In The UK Is Expensive, Which Can Raise The Cost Of Driving An Electric Car appeared fir...

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September 20, 2024 Sustainability

No mention of fossil fuel phase-out in Azerbaijan’s COP29 informal agenda

Mukhtar Babayev, COP29 president and an oil industry veteran, detailed how he would prioritise a voluntary fund that should see fossil fuel producers contributing to it. Azerbaijan has not taken a hard stance on carbon-emitting dirty fuels.

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September 20, 2024 Sustainability

Is ‘loss and damage’ fund at risk as COP29 approaches?

Securing finance for the “loss and damage” fund to help climate-vulnerable nations is now in question after rich countries refused to put it within the scope of a new climate finance goal at a technical briefing ahead of the climate talks...

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September 20, 2024 Sustainability

MAS sustainability deputy director Pongsiri Vorapongse joins Thai fintech group SCBX

Vorapongse joins the parent group of Bangkok-based Siam Commercial Bank with an ambition to decarbonise its lending and investment portfolio by 2050. He previously helped develop a net zero action plan for Singapore’s central bank.

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September 20, 2024 Manufacturing

Waymo May Use Hyundai IONIQ 5 Next

We’ve been waiting for Waymo’s Zeekr next-gen robotaxis for a while now. And it’s a beautiful combo. I use images of Zeekr Waymo robotaxis every chance I get. Here’s another pair: The problem is that Zeekr is a Chinese EV company, and Chinese EV comp...

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September 20, 2024 Manufacturing

A New Era in Transportation — Part 1

I believe we are at the dawn of a new era in transportation due to recent advances in self-driving vehicles from several manufacturers, including Waymo and Tesla. The implications of this technology on the transportation sector, and on our lives, has...