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Google has started building a new data center in Upper Austria. The project responds directly to rising demand for AI computing and cloud services across Europe. The facility will support...
A new report has, for the first time, quantified the scale and economic value of the UK’s carbon credit economy, placing it at £1.2 billion ($1.5 billion) annually and positioning...
Sport Meets Systemic Food Reform Liverpool FC Liverpool FC has become the first football club globally to secure the Food Made Good Standard across its entire food and beverage operation,...
Meta has signed a major energy storage agreement with Noon Energy, securing up to 1 GW and 100 GWh of ultra-long duration energy storage capacity to support its next generation...
A Strategic Bet On Central Asia’s Energy Transition In southeast Kazakhstan TotalEnergies has approved and financed a large-scale wind and storage project designed to reshape the country’s power mix and...
The US has escalated its trade intervention in clean energy markets, imposing preliminary antidumping duties on solar cells and panels imported from India, Indonesia, and Laos. The decision reflects mounting...
The European Commission has unveiled AccelerateEU, a policy package designed to protect households and industry from volatile fossil fuel markets while fast-tracking the shift to domestic clean energy. The move...
Egypt is moving to reposition its aviation sector as a regional hub, combining fleet expansion, infrastructure upgrades, and climate initiatives in a coordinated national strategy. Civil Aviation Minister Sameh El-Hefny...
As global demand for solar infrastructure accelerates, manufacturers are under increasing pressure to align operational scale with sustainability performance. India-based Premier Energies Limited is positioning ESG as a core operating...
British International Investment has unveiled a five-year strategy to mobilise £15 billion into developing economies, signalling a decisive shift in how the UK approaches global development finance. The strategy places...
Major coffee companies are deploying satellite technology to map farms and track deforestation risk, as tightening European regulations reshape global commodity trade. The Coffee Canopy Partnership brings together some of...
EcoVadis is expanding its artificial intelligence capabilities through a new partnership with Google Cloud, positioning agentic AI at the center of its global sustainability ratings and supply chain intelligence platform....
At WindEurope in Madrid, Hitachi Energy introduced EcoSpace, a digital sustainability platform designed to quantify and visualize the environmental footprint of power grid projects. The launch reflects growing pressure on...
The International Sustainability Standards Board has agreed on a structured path to formalise nature-related disclosures, advancing efforts to integrate biodiversity and ecosystem risks into global financial reporting. At its April...
India Channels Climate Finance Into Rice Farming India is emerging as a testing ground for agriculture-based carbon markets, as Amazon commits $30 million to a large-scale carbon removal initiative tied...
A cross-industry alliance between logistics, aviation, technology and energy players is moving to scale one of the most constrained segments of the energy transition: sustainable aviation fuel. DSV, Microsoft, United...
As global payments scale at speed, Mastercard is testing a critical question for the digital economy: can growth in data, infrastructure and transactions occur without a parallel rise in emissions?...
CarbonCure Technologies has appointed Yuliya Kravtsov as Chief Executive Officer, marking a strategic leadership move as the company prepares for its next phase of global expansion in concrete decarbonization. The...
Watershed has unveiled a suite of AI agents designed to transform how companies manage sustainability data, cutting processing times and enabling faster decarbonization decisions. The new tools automate complex, manual...
A sharp rise in coal-linked air pollution across Johannesburg is prompting a technology-led response, as South African scientists prepare to launch a real-time air quality warning app later this year....
French utility Engie is negotiating with the Trump administration over a possible refund for U.S. offshore wind project leases, as shifting federal priorities disrupt one of the country’s key clean...
The UK government is accelerating its clean energy transition, framing it as a direct response to renewed volatility in global fossil fuel markets and a cornerstone of long-term economic security....
The European Union is preparing to warn member states against shutting down nuclear power plants prematurely, as policymakers confront renewed energy volatility driven by geopolitical tensions and rising fuel costs....
Pressure Builds Ahead of ISSB Decision on Nature Reporting A coalition of sustainability leaders, scientists, financial institutions and civil society groups is urging the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) to...
MAIRE has secured €185 million ($200 million) through a sustainability-linked Schuldschein loan, extending its push to align corporate financing with decarbonization performance while reducing borrowing costs. The privately placed, senior...
As sustainability regulations multiply across jurisdictions, Novata has expanded its Regulatory Navigator to help private market participants move from fragmented compliance tracking to structured, decision-ready oversight. The update introduces a...
Apple has confirmed a major leadership transition that will reshape governance at the world’s most valuable technology company. From September 1, 2026, Tim Cook will step into the role of...
DBS has appointed Kelvin Wong as Chief Sustainability Officer, handing one of the region’s most closely watched banking sustainability mandates to an internal executive with deep experience in energy, infrastructure...
Heineken has appointed Simon Henzell-Thomas as Global Sustainability Director, placing a seasoned climate and stakeholder engagement leader at the centre of its next phase of ESG execution. The move comes...
Europe’s push to secure critical raw materials for its energy transition is accelerating as Siemens and Vulcan Energy formalize a long-term partnership to develop the Lionheart lithium and renewable energy...
Vietnam is preparing to extend preferential tax rates for electric vehicles through to 2030, doubling down on fiscal policy to accelerate transport decarbonisation and build a domestic EV industry. The...
The British government has confirmed it will abolish its Carbon Price Support levy on electricity generation from April 2028, marking a significant shift in the country’s approach to carbon pricing...
Apple has reached a new benchmark in its environmental strategy, reporting that 30 percent of materials used across all products shipped in 2025 came from recycled sources. The milestone, disclosed...
Institutional investors are facing a growing paradox. Climate data is abundant, yet translating it into actionable investment insight remains difficult. In response, Glass Lewis has launched Climate Intelligence, a new...
ESG Investing Top Picks 2026 Updated: April 2026 Top 20 ESG ETFs in 2026: Best Funds Ranked by Return and Risk-Adjusted Performance We rank the best ESG ETFs of 2026...
In this week’s ESG News Week In Review, regulators and governments signaled a sharper focus on competitiveness, simplification, and measurable standards. ISO introduced a new global benchmark for environmental performance,...
ESG News · ESG ETF Market Signals · Friday, April 17, 2026 Data reflects Thursday, April 16, 2026 close · For risk desks & institutional investors Yesterday’s ESG ETF session...
A new report from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) warns that the global economy is entering an era of “water bankruptcy,” as climate disruption and declining investment destabilize the...
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange has listed Africa’s first nature-linked performance-based bond, marking a structural shift in how environmental outcomes are financed across emerging markets. The R2.5 billion FirstRand Bank Cape...
Mast Reforestation has sold out its full issuance of 4,277 biomass burial carbon removal credits from its MT1 project in southern Montana, less than six weeks after bringing them to...
In London, SGS and Sami have launched a new decarbonisation platform designed to help businesses move beyond fragmented carbon reporting and turn compliance into measurable business value. The platform enters...
Mangrove Systems has acquired select operating assets from Grain Ecosystem, bringing a significant cohort of North American biochar operators onto its monitoring, reporting, and verification platform as the carbon removal...
More than 160 senior executives from nearly 100 semiconductor companies convened at the SEMI Global Executive Summit in December 2025 with a clear mandate: reduce the industry’s rapidly growing carbon...
Diginex Moves to Fuse AI, Data, and Sustainability Diginex Limited has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Resulticks Global Companies in a $1.5 billion all-share transaction, marking a decisive expansion...
Sustainable procurement is moving into a new phase, where value creation is overtaking compliance as the central objective. The 2026 Sustainable Procurement Barometer from EcoVadis, developed in collaboration with Accenture,...
Goldman Sachs-backed LRQA has acquired Partner Africa, a leading social audit and responsible business advisory organisation, marking its first acquisition in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region and a...
At Steyn City, just north of Johannesburg, the inaugural LIV Golf South Africa tournament extended its reach far beyond the fairways, combining elite sport with targeted community investment and measurable...
Mars, Incorporated and Olam Food Ingredients have launched a five-year collaboration in Ecuador to scale regenerative agriculture in cocoa production, positioning the country as a test case for low-carbon commodity...
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has unveiled a sweeping overhaul of ESG supervisory reporting requirements, aiming to significantly reduce the compliance burden on European banks while preserving the integrity of...
Amazon has executed its largest renewable energy investment in Australia to date, signing nine new power purchase agreements that will add 430 megawatts of clean energy capacity across New South...
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