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CDP, the global non-profit behind the world’s largest independent environmental disclosure platform, has partnered with Google.org to develop an artificial intelligence tool designed to help cities, states, and regional governments...
A new cross industry framework designed to define what constitutes a genuine net zero carbon building has formally launched in the UK, offering the property sector its first unified benchmark...
Europe’s retreat from nuclear energy over the past three decades was a “strategic mistake,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Tuesday, arguing that the shift has left the...
In this week’s ESG News Week In Review, regulators tightened climate disclosure and financial risk oversight as governments recalibrated transition policy. Singapore introduced climate transition risk rules for banks and...
A coalition of major global companies has committed $100 million to accelerate efforts to reduce superpollutants, a category of powerful greenhouse gases responsible for roughly half of the warming the...
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has launched a new suite of ESG scores and sustainability analytics aimed at improving transparency, comparability and analytical depth for financial institutions navigating rapidly evolving...
Envision Energy has secured a $600 million equivalent sustainability-linked syndicated term loan, marking the largest non-project offshore financing in the company’s history and highlighting continued global lender appetite for climate-aligned...
China has released the draft outline of its 15th Five-Year Plan, laying out the country’s economic and energy strategy from 2026 to 2030. The blueprint emphasizes massive expansion of renewable...
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has approved a new Green Economy Transition Strategy covering the period from 2026 to 2030, setting a more ambitious direction for climate finance...
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has issued new supervisory guidelines directing banks, insurers and asset managers to embed climate transition planning into their core risk management practices. The guidance...
Google has pledged at least $50 million through 2030 to eliminate some of the most powerful greenhouse gases warming the planet, joining a new corporate coalition focused on rapidly cutting...
China has released a new five-year economic decarbonisation plan that seeks to reduce emissions intensity while maintaining energy security in the world’s second-largest economy. The strategy, unveiled Thursday, commits the...
The European Investment Bank has pledged more than €1 billion ($1.1 billion) to expand renewable energy infrastructure across Sub-Saharan Africa, strengthening international financing behind Mission 300, a global initiative aimed...
The European Commission has unveiled the Industrial Accelerator Act, a sweeping legislative proposal designed to boost demand for low carbon technologies produced in Europe while reinforcing the region’s industrial base...
California regulators have set August 10, 2026 as the first deadline for large companies to disclose greenhouse gas emissions under sweeping climate transparency rules that could reshape corporate reporting across...
British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI), Norges Bank Investment Management, and Brookfield have launched Northview Energy, a privately held renewable energy platform built around contracted, utility-scale wind and solar assets...
Nike has appointed Cimarron Nix as its new Chief Sustainability Officer, placing a longtime supply chain and labor standards executive at the center of the company’s global ESG strategy. The...
In Europe’s largest power market, battery storage is becoming as strategic as generation itself. TotalEnergies has agreed to sell a 50% stake in a portfolio of 11 battery storage projects...
Spanish energy company Moeve has approved more than €1 billion ($1.2 billion) in investment for the first phase of its Andalusian Green Hydrogen Valley, taking a decisive step in Europe’s...
Standard Chartered has released a comprehensive Transition Plan that places climate considerations at the centre of its financing, governance and client engagement strategy, sharpening its pathway to net zero while...
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