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,...
BBVA Moves Toward Full Renewable Power Madrid is becoming the center of a sharper operational climate push inside BBVA, as the bank moves from near-total renewable electricity coverage to a...
France based Mantle8 has raised €31 million in Series A funding to test whether natural hydrogen can move from scientific promise to commercial production. The round was led by Sandwater...
Europe’s EV Capital Push Enters A Political Test Countries across the European Economic Area and Switzerland have committed almost €200 billion, or $235 billion, to the region’s electric vehicle ecosystem,...
Global Procurement Is Becoming A Sustainability Control Point Paris-based EcoVadis has set out its latest sustainability roadmap with new targets across procurement, decarbonization, human rights, and supplier engagement, positioning corporate...
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...
Funding Targets A Growing Grid Bottleneck Austin, Texas-based Moment Energy has raised more than $40 million to expand second-life battery manufacturing at a time when AI-driven power demand is testing...
Investor Interest Rises, But Allocations Ease Global individual investor interest in sustainable investing continues to rise, even as actual portfolio allocations move slightly lower, according to a new Sustainable Signals...
Parliament Pushes For Stronger ESG Fund Standards Brussels is moving closer to a tougher labelling regime for sustainable investment products, as the European Parliament weighs amendments that could reshape how...
Frankfurt-based aream Group has launched a European renewable energy investment fund built around one of the power market’s most pressing constraints: grid access. The Clean Energy Future Fund II, known...
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....
Ameresco and HASI are moving to carve out Ameresco’s biofuels business into a new joint venture, creating one of the largest biogas development platforms in the United States. The new...
Germany Targets Industrial Carbon Risk Berlin is moving to keep heavy industry at home while forcing a faster shift away from high-carbon production. Germany’s economy ministry said on Tuesday that...
Arcadia Moves To Consolidate Enterprise Energy Management Washington based Arcadia has entered a definitive agreement to acquire ENGIE Impact, creating one of the largest enterprise energy management platforms in the...
The Asian Development Bank is placing energy and digital infrastructure at the heart of Asia Pacific’s next growth cycle, with a $70 billion programme designed to connect power grids, expand...
TotalEnergies and Nextnorth have moved a 440 MWp solar project from financial close into construction, placing one of the country’s largest renewable power developments on a clear path to delivery....
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...
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....
A major capital injection is set to accelerate Europe’s clean energy build-out as rising demand reshapes the region’s power landscape. Funds managed by Blackstone Infrastructure have agreed to invest up...
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...