Category: Climate
SBTi Opens New Consultation On Corporate Net-Zero Rules The Science Based Targets initiative has opened public consultation on a draft update to its Corporate Net-Zero Standard, setting out proposed changes...
Denmark is moving deeper into the carbon removal economy, as BioCirc signs its largest agreement to date with Microsoft for 650,000 high-durability carbon removal units over seven years. The deal...
Climeworks Strengthens Finance Leadership For Scale Zurich-based Climeworks has appointed Stéphan Truchot as Chief Financial Officer, effective June 1, 2026, bringing in a senior finance executive with deep experience across...
IOC Raises Event Sustainability Controls Switzerland, is again placing event sustainability under an international standard as the International Olympic Committee secures re-certification to ISO 20121:2024 for its corporate events. The...
Temasek is unlikely to meet its 2030 emissions target as aviation, power generation and global energy demand complicate the investor’s decarbonisation path. Chief executive Dilhan Pillay told the opening dinner...
HSBC Targets China’s Clean Tech Export Push Hong Kong, London and mainland China are now tied more closely to the global energy transition as HSBC launches a $4 billion credit...
CaixaBank CIB has launched a carbon credit trading platform aimed at helping corporate clients and businesses offset CO2 emissions through the voluntary carbon market. The platform gives large companies and...
London-based FTSE Russell and Planetrics are preparing a new generation of climate-scenario based indices, as investors demand sharper tools to measure how physical shocks and transition risks could affect portfolios....
Riyadh is positioning industrial growth and carbon market development as connected priorities, as the Regional Voluntary Carbon Market Company, Lenovo and ClimeCo launch a partnership to support Lenovo’s expanding manufacturing...
Extreme weather is no longer a distant climate scenario for boards, investors and city leaders. It is already cutting into production, shutting down operations and damaging assets across the global...
New York and Menlo Park are pushing deeper into America’s clean power market, as DESRI and Meta expand one of the country’s larger corporate renewable energy procurement partnerships. DESRI, a...
The Securities and Exchange Commission is moving to unwind one of the Biden administration’s most contested ESG rules, setting up a formal retreat from federal climate-risk disclosure requirements for public...
Germany’s cabinet agreed on Wednesday to replace one of the country’s most disputed climate laws, as Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government seeks to revive construction, calm household concerns, and reset investor...
The European Central Bank is pushing supervised banks to sharpen their climate and nature-related risk management, as physical damage, transition policy and ecosystem loss move deeper into financial risk models....
New Zealand’s government plans to change climate law to stop courts from finding companies liable in private cases for harm linked to greenhouse gas emissions. Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith said...
At the annual high-level meeting of the Net-Zero Export Credit Agencies Alliance, Bpifrance Assurance Export announced its move from affiliate member to full member. The French export credit agency will...
The Science Based Targets initiative has appointed McKenna Smith as Managing Director of SBTi Services, placing an experienced carbon accounting leader at the helm of one of the most closely...
Data Collaboration Targets A Fast-Growing Bond Market New York and London are moving deeper into the infrastructure behind sustainable finance, as ICE and the Climate Bonds Initiative form a strategic...
Zelestra Begins Italian Operations With Puglia Solar Plant Ginosa, Italy, became the starting point for Zelestra’s Italian power generation strategy as the company officially opened its first fully operational solar...
Nordea Advances On Lending Emissions Target Nordea has reduced financed emissions across its lending portfolio by 44% from 2019 levels, putting the Nordic bank on track to meet its 2030...
AI Moves Deeper Into Carbon Accounting Persefoni has launched a new agentic AI tool to help companies analyze emissions data faster as climate reporting demands grow more complex across major...
Europe’s Wind Market Gets Fresh Capital Octopus Energy Generation is expanding its European wind portfolio with a €584 million investment, equal to about $687 million, across France, Germany and Poland....
The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund is facing fresh scrutiny over whether its climate stewardship matches its public ambition. Norway’s $2.2 trillion fund, managed by Norges Bank Investment Management, has...
Brussels Weighs Relief For Heavy Industry Brussels is preparing to give European industry more free CO2 permits, according to an internal European Commission document seen by Reuters. The move could...
Industrial Decarbonization Moves Further Into Execution Madrid is becoming a more active front in Europe’s industrial transition, where companies face pressure to cut emissions without losing cost control. Moeve is...
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners has completed its acquisition of Ørsted’s European onshore renewables business and relaunched the platform as Perigus Energy, creating a new independent player in Europe’s power market. The...
France Puts Dates On Fossil Fuel Exit France has set out a national roadmap to move its economy away from oil, gas, and coal by 2050, placing dates and sector...
Two of Canada’s largest banks have rewritten their climate strategies, retreating from interim emissions reduction targets set just three years ago. The shift reflects mounting policy uncertainty and growing pressure...
One of the largest public pension systems in the United States has warned that two of the world’s biggest asset managers are falling short of its climate expectations, raising the...
A surge in geopolitical tensions is exposing the structural fragility of fossil fuel dependence, driving a global cost crisis that is hitting households, businesses, and national economies simultaneously. “Fossil fuels...
Climate Bonds Aligns Bioenergy Finance With Stricter Climate Benchmarks The Climate Bonds Initiative has released a revised set of Bioenergy Criteria, widening the scope of investable activities while tightening environmental...
IBM has introduced a new emissions calculation tool designed to address one of the most persistent operational challenges in corporate sustainability: fragmented, manual carbon accounting. The IBM Envizi Emissions API,...
The International Finance Corporation is backing the country’s first utility scale solar power plant, a 100 megawatt project designed to cut electricity costs and reduce exposure to volatile fuel imports....
Capital Targets Large-Scale Land Restoration In Colombia’s eastern plains, Aviva Investors has committed capital to a major afforestation project in the Vichada region. The initiative, Llanos Vivos, sits within the...
Beijing and New Delhi delivered a decisive shift in global energy markets in 2025, cutting fossil fuel electricity generation even as demand continued to rise. The change reflects a broader...
Corporate Climate Commitments Prove More Durable Than Expected London and New York. A year of policy reversals, funding cuts, and regulatory uncertainty tested corporate climate strategies. Yet the data shows...
Leadership Shift At A Critical Juncture The Greenhouse Gas Protocol has appointed Tim Mohin as its first Chief Executive Officer, formalizing a leadership structure that reflects the growing weight of...
Google has started building a new data center in Upper Austria. The project responds directly to rising demand for AI computing and cloud services across Europe. The facility will support...
The US has escalated its trade intervention in clean energy markets, imposing preliminary antidumping duties on solar cells and panels imported from India, Indonesia, and Laos. The decision reflects mounting...
As global payments scale at speed, Mastercard is testing a critical question for the digital economy: can growth in data, infrastructure and transactions occur without a parallel rise in emissions?...
Institutional investors are facing a growing paradox. Climate data is abundant, yet translating it into actionable investment insight remains difficult. In response, Glass Lewis has launched Climate Intelligence, a new...
More than 160 senior executives from nearly 100 semiconductor companies convened at the SEMI Global Executive Summit in December 2025 with a clear mandate: reduce the industry’s rapidly growing carbon...
Mars, Incorporated and Olam Food Ingredients have launched a five-year collaboration in Ecuador to scale regenerative agriculture in cocoa production, positioning the country as a test case for low-carbon commodity...
Germany-based chemicals and consumer goods group Henkel has unveiled a new set of 2030 sustainability targets, tightening its climate commitments while expanding focus on circular economy, workforce equity and supplier...
Microsoft has moved to quell growing concern across carbon markets, confirming that its carbon removal program remains active even as it considers adjusting procurement volumes. The statement follows reports that...
Japan’s greenhouse gas emissions fell below one billion tons for the first time since 2013, marking a symbolic threshold even as policymakers warn that progress remains uneven. The Environment Ministry...
Lens Technology Co., Ltd. has appointed Zuo Dukai as Deputy General Manager and Chief Sustainability Officer, effective March 30, 2026, placing ESG leadership at the center of its executive structure...
In the remote Pilbara region, one of the world’s most emissions-intensive mining hubs, Fortescue is pushing ahead with a full-scale replacement of fossil fuels. The company has unveiled plans for...
Ingka Group’s investment arm is accelerating its role in Europe’s energy transition, launching construction on two new solar parks that deepen its footprint in Germany’s renewable infrastructure while extending its...
Chestnut Carbon has issued 95,909 carbon credits tied to its Improved Forest Management (IFM) project, becoming the first U.S.-based initiative to apply Verra’s newly introduced removals tag under its Verified...
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