Category: Environmental
Bangladesh Opens New Carbon Market Pathway for Smallholder Farmers Bangladesh has issued its first agroforestry carbon credits under Verra’s Verified Carbon Standard. The move gives smallholder farmers direct access to...
Google DeepMind Targets APAC Climate Risk With AI Accelerator Singapore becomes the launch point for Google DeepMind’s new Asia Pacific accelerator, as the region faces rising environmental pressure and uneven...
Singapore-listed City Developments Limited has secured a $300 million multi-currency sustainability-linked loan from DBS Bank. The deal links corporate finance more directly to nature, climate resilience and sustainable urban development....
Chicago-based S2G Investments has closed a $1 billion growth-stage fund aimed at scaling companies across three systems that sit at the center of the global economy: food and agriculture, energy,...
Cocoa Supply Chains Face a Compliance Test Abidjan is heading into a critical trade deadline with a cocoa supply chain that still has major blind spots. Only 48% of Ivory...
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....
Indonesia is preparing one of the world’s largest land rehabilitation efforts, with plans to restore 12 million hectares of degraded land and potentially connect new tree-planting projects to carbon offset...
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Sandoz Moves Climate Targets Into Validated Territory Sandoz has secured validation from the Science Based Targets initiative for its greenhouse gas reduction targets, placing the global affordable medicines company under...
AI Moves Into Belgium’s Water-Stressed Farmland In Belgium’s Scheldt Basin, where farms, communities, and industry depend on the same river network, Google is backing an AI-powered effort to help farmers...
Brussels has moved to exclude leather imports from the European Union’s anti deforestation law, easing pressure on a major trade segment after lobbying from industry groups. The European Commission said...
UpLink, the World Economic Forum’s innovation platform, has launched a global challenge to scale land restoration solutions, targeting a crisis that could cost the global economy $23 trillion by 2050....
Octopus Energy Generation has committed $500 million to scale carbon removal across the United States, targeting up to 50 million tonnes of CO₂ through afforestation and reforestation projects. The capital...
BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group has closed a $1.24 billion reforestation fund, the largest of its kind, positioning Latin America at the center of scalable, investable nature-based climate solutions. The...
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...
A new European Commission study finds that while the EU fishing fleet has steadily reduced in size and power, the sector continues to face a persistent imbalance between capacity and...
As global demand for data infrastructure accelerates, Meta Platforms is expanding its water restoration program to address growing pressure on local resources. The company now supports more than 60 projects...
Mississippi Pilot Targets Water-Intensive Data Centers Amazon and Veolia are advancing a new model for data center sustainability, combining water reuse infrastructure with artificial intelligence to cut freshwater demand at...
In South Africa’s Eastern Cape, climate finance is taking root in a form few investors would expect. At the centre sits spekboom, a resilient native plant with an outsized role...
Imperative has reached final investment decision on Phase 2 of its Spekboom Ecosystem Restoration Project in South Africa and secured $91 million in blended financing to scale one of the...
Sport Meets Systemic Food Reform Liverpool FC Liverpool FC has become the first football club globally to secure the Food Made Good Standard across its entire food and beverage operation,...
Major coffee companies are deploying satellite technology to map farms and track deforestation risk, as tightening European regulations reshape global commodity trade. The Coffee Canopy Partnership brings together some of...
The International Sustainability Standards Board has agreed on a structured path to formalise nature-related disclosures, advancing efforts to integrate biodiversity and ecosystem risks into global financial reporting. At its April...
A sharp rise in coal-linked air pollution across Johannesburg is prompting a technology-led response, as South African scientists prepare to launch a real-time air quality warning app later this year....
Pressure Builds Ahead of ISSB Decision on Nature Reporting A coalition of sustainability leaders, scientists, financial institutions and civil society groups is urging the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) to...
Apple has reached a new benchmark in its environmental strategy, reporting that 30 percent of materials used across all products shipped in 2025 came from recycled sources. The milestone, disclosed...
A new report from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) warns that the global economy is entering an era of “water bankruptcy,” as climate disruption and declining investment destabilize the...
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange has listed Africa’s first nature-linked performance-based bond, marking a structural shift in how environmental outcomes are financed across emerging markets. The R2.5 billion FirstRand Bank Cape...
US Launch Targets Rising Pressure on Resource Accountability A new reporting standard for the electronics recycling sector is reframing how companies measure environmental impact, shifting focus beyond carbon to the...
As scrutiny intensifies on corporate climate performance, the International Organization for Standardization has released ISO 14001:2026, a revised environmental management standard aimed squarely at closing the gap between sustainability commitments...
Scaling Soil-Based Climate Solutions Across Core Supply Chains Nestle is deepening its push into regenerative agriculture with a four-year agreement alongside Soil Capital, targeting key sourcing regions in France, Belgium,...
Google is anchoring a new environmental initiative in its home region, targeting both ecosystem recovery and climate science. The company announced a wetland restoration and research project focused on rehabilitating...
In a move that reshapes how natural capital is financed, Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) has structured Africa’s first nature-linked, outcomes-based bond, tying investor returns directly to ecological restoration outcomes in...
A single trade relationship now sits at the center of global deforestation risk. According to new analysis from Trase, the agricultural trade corridor between Brazil and China accounts for a...
Clean beauty brand Saie has partnered with Sephora to launch a month-long Earth Month campaign that ties consumer purchases directly to plastic recovery across emerging markets, offering a retail-driven model...
Circulate Capital has secured $220 million at the first close of its second Asia-focused fund, positioning itself ahead of a challenging global fundraising environment and reinforcing investor appetite for circular...
A once-neglected urban scrap site is now a functioning hub of economic activity, where waste is being converted into income, safer jobs, and a more structured recycling ecosystem. Backed by...
Finite Carbon has secured registration and issuance of forest carbon credits for its 212,806-acre Northeast Carry Woodlands project under the American Carbon Registry’s Improved Forest Management (IFM) v2.1 methodology, positioning...
In Peru’s Madre de Dios region, one of the most biodiverse yet threatened areas of the Amazon, a new architectural proposal is reframing how infrastructure can support conservation rather than...
This is the second in a two-part series on LIV Golf’s sustainability and community impact. Read Part One: Beyond the Fairway: How LIV Golf Is Rewriting the Playbook on Sustainability...
The federal government of Canada has unveiled a C$3.8 billion ($2.74 billion) nature strategy that aims to double the country’s protected land and water footprint by the end of the...
• EU packaging waste reached 178kg per person in 2023, with projections showing a 19% rise by 2030 without intervention• New guidance aims to harmonise fragmented national rules, reducing compliance...
Air Liquide has completed its 2022–2025 ADVANCE strategic plan, marking a shift in how the company aligns financial performance with sustainability outcomes. The plan combined operational growth with measurable environmental,...
A group of major corporates is accelerating investment in nature-based carbon removal, backing a reforestation project designed to restore degraded land while delivering measurable emissions reductions. The Symbiosis Coalition has...
The Global Reporting Initiative has opened a global consultation on new and revised pollution reporting standards, responding to mounting evidence that corporate disclosures remain inconsistent, incomplete and insufficient for decision...
In a region defined by aridity and water scarcity, Saudi Arabia has restored one million hectares of degraded land, marking one of the most ambitious large-scale land rehabilitation efforts globally....
Somewhere on the back nine at Steyn City on Thursday morning, two tall men in cut-off denim and dreadlocks, covered in tattoos, strolled through a golf tournament as if they...
• Brazil grants a 40-year concession covering 145,000 acres of Amazon land, introducing a market-based model for ecosystem restoration• Project ties forest regeneration to carbon credit revenues, with expected annual...
Lululemon has joined a $12 million funding round for Epoch Biodesign, signalling a deeper shift within the apparel sector toward material circularity and next-generation recycling technologies. The investment brings Epoch’s...
A Corporate Push Toward Water Security On World Water Day, Google released its 2026 Water Stewardship Project Portfolio summary, outlining a growing global strategy to address freshwater scarcity while strengthening...
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