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Rio Tinto’s decision to sell up to fifteen billion dollars worth of assets and cut planned decarbonisation spending has opened a new debate over how far mining majors can support...
CDP, the global environmental disclosure platform, released its 2025 A List with evidence that appetite for high quality climate and nature data continues to intensify across capital markets and real...
Equitable Earth has secured EUR 12.6 million to expand globally as demand intensifies for trusted, high-integrity nature-based carbon credits. The round was led by a United States family office with...
Morningstar Sustainalytics has won an Environmental Finance 2025 IMPACT Award, receiving top honors in the Impact Research category for its work advancing transparency in sustainable finance. The award recognizes Sustainalytics’ flagship research series, SFDR Article...
Cairo Moves to Lock In Long Term Climate Finance Cairo has stepped up its climate finance agenda with the mobilization of €688 million through the Global Green Bond Initiative, reinforcing...
A Legal Challenge as Turbines Near Completion Denmark based Ørsted has launched a legal challenge against the US government after federal authorities ordered construction to halt on its nearly completed...
In the heart of the Mekong Delta, Vietnam’s rice sector is quietly reshaping how agricultural emissions, farmer livelihoods, and export competitiveness intersect. Over the past two years, up to 71,000...
Nearly every new car registered in Norway last year ran on batteries, not petrol. Official figures released on Friday show that electric vehicles made up 95.9 percent of new car...
Decarbonization Enters Its Decisive Operating Phase Across factories, grids, and process plants, the pressure on heavy industry is intensifying. Steel, cement, chemicals, oil and gas, aviation, shipping, and trucking sit...
Iberdrola Spain and Airbus are extending the electrification of transport beyond roads and cities into the heart of heavy industry, with the deployment of nearly 500 electric vehicle charging points...
Octopus Energy Group has confirmed plans to spin out its A -powered utility technology business, Kraken, alongside a $1 billion standalone funding round that values the platform at $8.65 billion....
Paris and Global Coastal Regions The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO has formally joined the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance, aligning one of the world’s leading ocean science bodies...
Sustainability has moved from policy commitment to balance-sheet execution at BBVA, as the bank expands tailored sustainable finance operations across its main markets in 2025 while preparing to deploy $770...
On a former power generation site in Lower Saxony, RWE has begun commissioning Europe’s largest renewable hydrogen production facility, a project designed to anchor Germany’s industrial decarbonization ambitions and lock...
At Saudi Readymix’s headquarters, a field demonstration is testing how the Kingdom might decarbonize one of its most emissions intensive sectors using entirely local inputs. CHASM Advanced Materials and Saudi...
State officials have directed more than $23 million toward a new wave of building and industrial decarbonization projects, tying climate action directly to regional economic development priorities across New York....
GKN Aerospace Norway AS has executed a sale and leaseback of its owned premises in Kongsberg Technology Park, transferring ownership to KTP Invest AS while securing a long-term lease that...
Morrisons has tightened its climate strategy, securing Science Based Targets initiative validation for a new set of near and long term emissions targets that extend its net zero ambition across...
• Glencore secures majority ownership in Dutch low carbon fuel supplier FincoEnergies, strengthening its downstream footprint in European transport fuels and biofuels.• The deal accelerates consolidation among global commodity traders...
• The European Commission plans legal changes in early 2026 to tighten documentation, customs tracking, and audits of recycled plastic imports.• Europe’s plastics recycling industry has lost more capacity in...
• Alphabet will acquire Intersect for $4.75 billion in cash plus assumed debt, securing long-term clean power capacity for AI driven data centre growth across the US.• Intersect controls a...
Renewco Power, a Scottish-founded renewables developer, has secured GBP 29 million in new capital to push forward a rapidly expanding onshore wind and solar portfolio at a time when the...
Europe’s largest port has opened a new chapter in climate finance by issuing the world’s first corporate bond dedicated solely to carbon capture and storage, raising €50 million ($55 million)...
Human Planet, formerly known as KOIS Advisory, has appointed former HSBC sustainability executive Sabrin Rahman as Partner, marking a decisive step in the firm’s expansion into the Middle East and...
Karl Naïm, Chief Commercial Officer at XBTO at ADFW - Panel Session: “Mapping Asset Allocation: Making Sense of Modern Portfolios”
Nordea Asset Management (NAM) has appointed Rachel Reutter as Portfolio Manager within its Sustainable Thematic Team, reinforcing its impact investing capabilities as institutional investors sharpen their focus on measurable outcomes,...
Nordea Asset Management (NAM) has appointed Kasper From Larsen as Portfolio Manager within its Sustainable Thematic Team, strengthening its climate investment bench as asset owners increase scrutiny on transition credibility,...
Adani Group has announced its formal entry into the battery energy storage systems sector with a 1,126 MW / 3,530 MWh project at Khavda, marking India’s largest battery deployment and...
As U.S. trade and industrial policy reshapes the economics of clean energy deployment, independent power producer Treaty Oak Clean Energy has secured a long term solar module supply agreement with...
Tokyo is preparing to redirect industrial investment toward clean electricity at scale. The Japanese government plans to allocate 210 billion yen, equivalent to $1.34 billion, in subsidies to support companies...
Prysmian and Versalis have signed a strategic partnership aimed at tackling one of the cable industry’s most persistent waste challenges: the recycling of complex plastic insulation layers used in energy...
Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC, Masdar, has entered the Malaysian market with a landmark power purchase agreement to develop a 200MW floating solar photovoltaic project at the Chereh Dam...
Beko, one of Europe’s largest home appliance manufacturers, has secured a €100 million, approximately $108 million, sustainability linked loan from the International Finance Corporation to accelerate investment in energy efficiency,...
Mundi Énergies has formalized a strategic partnership with France’s Haffner Energy to deploy a network of twenty renewable energy production hubs across Quebec, positioning residual biomass as a cornerstone of...
ClimeFi carbon removal procurement round expands market depth The latest ClimeFi carbon removal procurement round has enabled more than $18 million in purchases of durable carbon removal, securing offtake commitments...
Japan has taken a decisive step toward restarting the world’s largest nuclear power plant after a regional assembly vote cleared the final political hurdle for Kashiwazaki-Kariwa to resume operations. The...
ISS STOXX acquires ECPI to expand sustainability offering ISS STOXX acquires ECPI under a definitive agreement announced today, strengthening its position in sustainability indices, data, and analytics for institutional investors....
As European governments push to decarbonize transport systems under tightening climate targets, private capital is moving to fill a widening infrastructure gap in rail. KKR has agreed to acquire a...
SSEN Transmission has secured a £1bn ($1.27bn), 12 year syndicated bank facility backed by an £800m financial guarantee from the UK Government’s National Wealth Fund, marking one of the most...
During Abu Dhabi Finance Week 2025, the UAE Sustainable Finance Working Group published its fourth formal statement, marking a decisive turn toward implementation as the country accelerates efforts to embed...
Ocean Winds has launched its first offshore wind and metocean measurement campaign in Australia, marking a decisive step forward for the High Sea Wind project off the coast of Gippsland,...
London and Milan are now directly linked through one of Europe’s most consequential carbon infrastructure transactions. Eni and Global Infrastructure Partners, part of BlackRock, have completed the sale of a...
A coalition of corporate climate buyers led by Frontier has agreed to invest $44.2 million in a carbon dioxide removal agreement with Canadian firm NULIFE GreenTech, targeting the removal of...
Ottawa Moves To Operationalize Sustainable Finance Framework The Government of Canada has moved from commitment to execution on its long promised sustainable finance taxonomy, announcing concrete next steps to shape...
Microsoft has signed an agreement with InPlanet to remove more than 28,500 tonnes of carbon dioxide between 2026 and 2028 using enhanced rock weathering, deepening its exposure to engineered carbon...
ADNOC has signed a $2 billion green financing facility backed by Korea Trade Insurance Corporation (K-SURE), expanding the state energy company’s sustainable funding pool to $5 billion in just 18...
Abu Dhabi Finance Week (ADFW) 2025 underscored a structural shift in global financial markets, as digital assets, tokenization, and blockchain-enabled systems move decisively into the institutional mainstream. What was once...
Berlin moved on Wednesday to reset its industrial and investment strategy, unveiling a €30 billion ($35.2 billion) vehicle designed not to spend public money directly, but to unlock far larger...
A Corporate Clean Power Bet in Rajasthan ReNew Energy Global Plc and Google have signed a long-term agreement to enable the development of a new 150 megawatt solar project in...
• Masdar has begun commercial operations at a 20MW battery storage facility in Stockport, marking the first completed project under its £1 billion ($1.27 Billion) UK battery investment.• Two additional...
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