Category: Climate
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...
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