ESG News Week In Review: 10 August – 17 August
From billion-dollar climate finance deals to wildfire emergencies, this week’s ‘Week in Review’ shows just how high the stakes are for sustainability.
Qatar stepped into the green bond market for the first time, Nuveen raised $1.3B for sustainable infrastructure, and J.P. Morgan backed a $210M U.S. afforestation push. Meanwhile, Europe battled raging wildfires, Occidental advanced its first large-scale DAC hub, and the ICVCM approved new methods to scale high-integrity carbon credits.
And while plastic treaty talks stalled in Geneva, momentum across finance, carbon, and energy signals that ESG is evolving faster than ever.
GOVERNMENT, POLICY & REGULATION
- Plastic Treaty Talks Stall in Geneva, But Countries Commit to Continue Negotiations
- FCA Highlights Progress and Challenges in Sustainability-Linked Loan Market
- Qatar Expands Green Finance Strategy with First Sovereign Green Bonds
- EBA Issues No-Action Letter on ESG Disclosure Requirements and Updates ESG Risk Dashboard
- International Youth Day: Cost of Living and Climate Top Priorities for Young Europeans
CARBON WATCH
- J.P. Morgan Backs $210M Financing for Chestnut Carbon’s Large-Scale Afforestation Projects
- ICVCM Approves Verra’s Biochar and Forest Carbon Methods for High-Integrity Credits
- British Columbia Updates Offset Protocol Framework, Reviews Fuel Switch Protocol
- CFA Institute Explains How Global Compliance Carbon Markets Operate
- Temasek Trust Backs Equatic with $11.6M to Expand Carbon Removal, Green Hydrogen Projects
- Watershed, Stanford Launch Cornerstone to Protect and Expand Global Scope 3 Carbon Data
CLIMATE & ENERGY TRANSITION
- Europe’s Wildfires Rage On: A Climate Emergency Written in Flames
- Climate Without Borders: Quiet Resilience in a Fragmented ESG Era
- SBTi Reports 227% Rise in Firms Setting Near- and Long-Term Climate Targets
- AWS, Gentari Sign 80MW Wind Power Deal in India to Advance Net Zero Targets
- Occidental’s First Large-Scale DAC Hub to Capture 500,000 Tonnes of CO2 Annually by 2025
- Apollo Backs Kelvion with Majority Acquisition to Drive Data Center and Clean Energy
- Seaspan Energy, Anew Climate Partner on Renewable LNG for West Coast Shipping
- DHL Supply Chain Launches Hydrogen Trucks in Japan to Cut Logistics Emissions
SUSTAINABLE FINANCE
- Qatar Expands Green Finance Strategy with First Sovereign Green Bonds
- Nuveen Raises $1.3B for Power and Sustainable Infrastructure Credit Fund
- J.P. Morgan Backs $210M Financing for Chestnut Carbon’s Large-Scale Afforestation Projects
- Ford to Invest $5B in New Electric Vehicle Platform
- Macquarie Asset Management Provides €51M Financing for Finnish Onshore Wind Portfolio
- Global Banks, Investors Fund $9 Trillion in Deforestation-Risk Companies: Forest 500 Report
- Arevon Completes $2B Solar-Plus-Storage Facility in California
- Achmea IM Launches €250M Private Equity Impact Fund
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS (M&A)
- Apollo Backs Kelvion with Majority Acquisition to Drive Data Center and Clean Energy
- Blackstone to Acquire Enverus, Energy Data and Analytics Leader, in Energy Transition-focused Deal
ESG INVESTING & FUNDS
- ICE Launches Climate Risk Data and Analytics for Private Companies
- Achmea IM Launches €250M Private Equity Impact Fund
- New CDP Report Shows Companies Can Earn 7x Return from Climate Action
ENVIRONMENT, NATURE & BIODIVERSITY
- Sayari Earth, Stellenbosch University Partner to Advance Biochar for Climate and Biodiversity Gains
- Ikea’s Ingka Group Makes First Circular Investment in China with Plastic Recycler Re-mall
- Global Banks, Investors Fund $9 Trillion in Deforestation-Risk Companies: Forest 500 Report
- Alliance to End Plastic Waste Launches 2024 Progress Report
ESG/SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING
- EBA Issues No-Action Letter on ESG Disclosure Requirements and Updates ESG Risk Dashboard
- FCA Sets Out Findings from Climate Reporting Review of Financial Firms
TOOLS & SERVICES, TECHNOLOGY
- 500 Global Launches Program to Scale Sustainable Startups in the Global South
- Watershed, Stanford Launch Cornerstone to Protect and Expand Global Scope 3 Carbon Data
- Trane Technologies Launches BrainBox AI Lab to Drive Smarter, Sustainable Building Operations
- ICE Launches Climate Risk Data and Analytics for Private Companies
- Speeki to Integrate Agentic AI into ESG Platform for Proactive Sustainability Management
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