The UK Government has formally approved Sizewell C, marking the first majority British-owned nuclear power plant announcement in over three decades. The Chancellor is set to confirm £14.2 billion in...
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced it is more than halfway toward its 2030 water positive goal, returning more water to communities than it consumes in its operations. As of...
Six leading public development banks have launched Clean Oceans Initiative 2.0, committing €3 billion between 2026 and 2030 to fight marine plastic pollution and support waste prevention and circular economy...
This past week saw major moves across government policy, sustainable infrastructure, carbon markets, and investment shifts that will shape ESG practices in the months ahead. From global alliances and new...
The rapid growth of artificial intelligence is driving a sharp rise in global electricity demand, according to a new report from the United Nations’ International Telecommunication Union (ITU). From 2020...
The Competition Bureau of Canada has finalized its guidelines on environmental claims, marking a significant step in enforcing recent greenwashing provisions added to the Competition Act. “These guidelines are designed...
Bain & Company has entered a strategic partnership with climate-tech firm Terralytiq to help global corporations decarbonize their supply chains—especially Scope 3 emissions, which remain among the most difficult to...
Four global industry leaders—Honeywell, Johnson Matthey, GIDARA Energy, and SAMSUNG E&A—have formed a strategic technology alliance to deliver a comprehensive, modular solution for producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from biomass...
Nippon Steel is investing ¥870 billion (USD $6.05 billion) to modernize three domestic plants with electric arc furnace (EAF) technology, aiming to significantly reduce carbon emissions in one of the...
Macquarie Asset Management and the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) have completed the acquisition of Renewi, a European leader in recycling and circular waste solutions. The deal, executed through...
Garanti BBVA has renewed its sustainability-linked syndicated loan, securing over $440 million in foreign funding to support the Turkish economy—an initiative fully aligned with its Sustainable Debt Financing Framework. The...
The European Council and Parliament have reached a provisional agreement to tighten oversight of non-sustainable fishing practices by third countries, aiming to safeguard shared fish stocks and protect EU fishing...
TPG Rise Climate, the climate investing arm of global asset manager TPG, has acquired a majority stake in Aurora Energy Research, a leading global energy intelligence platform. The transaction marks...
Climate Fund Managers (CFM) and Société Des Energies Nouvelles (SODEN) have signed a $3 million agreement to co-develop the world’s first industrial-scale, grid-connected cocoa waste-to-energy power plant, located in Divo,...
Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) is preparing to introduce defence-related allocations into some of its ESG-labelled funds—marking a significant departure from traditional ESG exclusions and signalling a broader shift in how...
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar has officially removed BlackRock Inc. from the state’s list of financial companies that “boycott energy companies,” marking a key development in Texas’s ongoing push against ESG-aligned...
Climate Impact Partners has submitted a formal response to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), urging adjustments to the draft Corporate Net-Zero Standard (CNZS) Version 2.0 to better balance scientific...
The Trump administration has taken formal steps to reverse a key ESG investment rule enacted under President Biden, which allowed retirement fund managers to consider environmental, social, and governance (ESG)...
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has committed $100 million in equity to TPG’s Global South Initiative (GSI) — a climate investment strategy focused on unlocking scalable, high-return opportunities across emerging...