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The Change Lessens Environmental Impact of Corporate Field Team Members Who Travel More Than 1,500 Miles On Average Each Month Burger King transitioned 31% of its North American field team fleet...
EIB Global, the arm of the European Investment Bank (EIB) for activities outside the European Union, has signed a €70 million EU investment grant with the government of the Republic of North...
The World Bank Group Board of Executive Directors yesterday approved a new Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Egypt, laying out the World Bank Group’s strategy in the country for FY2023–2027. The...
PowerCo, the new battery company of the Volkswagen Group, and Belgian circular technology group Umicore have obtained full regulatory approvals for their joint venture announced in September 2022. The partners...
GE Gas Power, part of GE Vernova and Svante announced a joint development agreement (JDA) to develop and evaluate solid sorbent-based carbon capture technology for natural gas power generation applications....
EU Parliament and Council reached a deal on cleaner maritime fuels, asking to cut ship emissions by 2% as of 2025 and by 80% as of 2050, to help the...
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding Will Support Energy and Water Conservation Measures to Reduce Emissions From Government Facilities The Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), announced $250 million...
BHP and global engineering, project management and professional services firm, Hatch, have signed an agreement to design an electric smelting furnace pilot (ESF) plant in support of a decision to...
The European Central Bank (ECB) has published its first climate-related financial disclosures, which provide information on its portfolios’ carbon footprint and exposure to climate risks, as well as on climate-related...
Japan’s third-biggest oil refiner, Cosmo Energy Holdings Co Ltd, will make an investment of $3.2 billion in the next three years, with 30% to be allocated in green power and...
Yesterday’s final investment decision clears the way for the start of construction of EnBW’s largest offshore wind farm to date, with an installed capacity of 960 megawatts (MW). “The final...
Enables Atlas to gain investment management operational efficiencies and better manage risk Atlas Responsible Investors, one of the first hedge fund managers to concentrate exclusively on impact investing, has enhanced...
Squarespace, the all-in-one website building and ecommerce platform, announced the release of its 2022 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) report. Squarespace’s mission is to build products that help entrepreneurs standout...
Insurance coverage to be contingent on client adoption of evidence-based plans to reduce methane emissions Chubb will not underwrite oil and gas extraction projects in government-protected conservation areas that do...
Carbon markets hold steady amid energy cost surges, finds the International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP)’s Emissions Trading Worldwide Status Report for 2023. The world’s emissions trading systems (ETSs) were largely...
TotalEnergies’ stays the course on its multi-energy strategy balancing profitable growth and sustainable development, and strengthens its emission reduction objectives To mark the publication of its Sustainability & Climate – 2023...
Nestlé in the U.S. announced it is investing in Ganado, a solar project owned and developed by Enel North America in Jackson County, Texas. With Nestlé’s investment, the project, which is the...
BBVA is firmly committed to working towards building a greener and more inclusive society. To this end, for the third consecutive year and on the occasion of the Annual General Meeting (AGM),...
The EU Commission is proposing common criteria against greenwashing and misleading environmental claims. Under the proposal, consumers will have more clarity, stronger reassurance that when something is sold as green, it actually is green, and...
A year ago, the Supervisory Board of voestalpine AG gave the green light to conduct the preliminary work for climate friendly steel production in Austria. This is now at an...
MetricStream, the global market leader in integrated risk management and governance, risk, and compliance, has announced a partnership with Greenly, the leading carbon management platform, to help organizations accelerate their...
CapIntel, a leading financial technology company that improves fund analysis, proposal generation, and day-to-day workflow efficiency for financial services wholesalers and investment advisors, has announced the launch of CapIntel ESG. CapIntel...
Hellas is setting new sustainability standards in the sports industry with the implementation of their Environment, Social, and Governance program. This program uses the United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals...
Andrus brings decades of financial markets advocacy and corporate governance experience New senior hire expands firm’s Global Stewardship and Sustainability Team Franklin Templeton announced the appointment of James Andrus as...
ARCO Design-Build an award-winning national design-builder of light industrial and commercial projects announces the launch of their sustainability initiative focused on delivering environmentally conscious building solutions for projects. ARCO Design/Build,...
240 MW True North is AVANGRID’s first solar farm in the state The project will supply clean, renewable energy to power Meta’s operations in the region AVANGRID, a leading sustainable...
Following successful testing of its first Direct Air Capture (DAC) prototype unit for carbon dioxide (CO2) removal in the lab, GE announced it is planning larger scale demonstrations in 2024....
Tesla is now a blue chip stock from a corporate debt perspective after Moody’s Investors Service upgraded the EV maker’s credit rating from junk status to investment-grade quality. Moody’s analysts...
New technology is a key to helping NASA advance its long-term exploration goals for the benefit of all. To support its effort, the agency announced Thursday it will create two...
Support from Microsoft’s Entrepreneurship for Positive Impact program will expand the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center’s educational sustainability programming for entrepreneurs The Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center, a non-profit committed to growing inclusion and...
From tomorrow, at the United Nations Water Conference in New York from 22 to 24 March, the EU will be confirming its strong engagement for global water security by announcing 33 commitments...
Nestlé is publishing its 2022 Annual Report alongside its Creating Shared Value and Sustainability (CSV) Report. As the publications highlight, Nestlé’s results were resilient in a year defined by many...
The Bezos Earth Fund announced $34.5 million in grants as part of its $10 billion commitment to fight climate change and protect nature, supporting transformative work to improve greenhouse gas...
South Korea revised down its 2030 targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the industrial sector on Tuesday but maintained its national goal of cutting emissions by 40% of 2018...
Practical Farmers of Iowa, Soil and Water Outcomes Fund, and the Illinois Corn Growers Association partner with PepsiCo to drive adoption of regenerative agriculture practices and reduce carbon emissions PepsiCo announces...
U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday rejected a Republican proposal to prevent pension fund managers from basing investment decisions on factors like climate change, in the first veto of his...
GE announced it has secured an order from Greek Copelouzos Group’s Damco Energy S.A. (DAMCO) to provide power generation equipment for DAMCO’s 840 megawatts (MW) natural gas fired power plant to be...
Eni and UniCredit have announced their partnership around Open-es, an ecosystem initiative seeking to enhance cross-business collaboration and support companies in measuring and improving their ESG performance. Open-es is an alliance...
Exposure to climate change risk is the fastest growing threat to businesses, say EU CEOs. Nearly a quarter (24%) of EU CEOs believe their companies will be highly or extremely...
UK Financial Watchdog The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) released the following on its review of ESG Benchmarks: In September 2022, we sent a portfolio letter to benchmark administrators where we highlighted the...
During an event held in New York, Kering announced a commitment to reduce its absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2035, on a 2021 baseline. This new target covering...
IDB Invest and Banco de Bogotá announce the upcoming issuance of the first sustainable, subordinated bond issued in the international market by Banco de Bogotá. The $230 million bond will...
March 2023 Week-3; TD sets $500 billion sustainable finance target by 2030; Biden-Harris announces $750 million to advance clean hydrogen tech; EU proposes Net-Zero Industry Act for clean tech; EU adopts carbon sinks goal that increases...
Whirlpool Corporation announced that it achieved Zero Waste to Landfill (ZWtL) Gold or Platinum status (self-certification) at its large manufacturing sites worldwide, as part of the company’s ambitious and long-standing...
This month, Sweden took over the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU with a pledge to focus on security, competitiveness, green and energy transitions, democratic values and the...
British Columbia’s decision this week to toughen emissions standards for new liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects creates one of the most robust climate plans in North America, but sets a...
New agreement ensures access to zero-up-front-cost, clean energy systems for homeowners across California Electriq Power (Electriq), a provider of intelligent energy storage and management for homes and small businesses, announced it...
Governor Ron DeSantis and the governors of Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming...
Malaysia’s Petronas has bid 38 billion rupees ($460 million) for a 20% stake in the green energy arm of India’s largest power producer, NTPC, in the first deal of its...
Scottish Power, an Iberdrola group company, and Haizea Wind Group, a world leader in the manufacture of wind towers, have signed a framework agreement worth over €200 million for Haizea Bilbao to supply...
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