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We just completed our 25thAnnual Wall Street Green Summit this week in New York. Despite all the negative press on renewables and ESG, the bottom line is sustainability is alive and...
Mandatory Reporting Is Changing The Structure Of Sustainability Disclosure The European Union’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive is already reshaping how companies disclose environmental and social performance, even before the regulation...
AstraZeneca, supply chain intelligence platform Secaro, and sustainability consultancy ERM have launched a new initiative designed to accelerate decarbonisation of industrial heat across global supply chains, a major but often...
Renewable energy investor Octopus Energy Generation has expanded its capital commitment to natural asset developer Cultivo to $100 million, deepening a partnership designed to scale grasslands restoration and carbon removal...
India is weighing whether to soften proposed penalties on wind and solar power producers that fail to meet tighter grid-supply commitments, following warnings from developers that the new rules could...
Strong Consumer Demand Drives Record Results The LEGO Group reported record financial performance in 2025, buoyed by strong consumer demand, a growing product portfolio, and continued investment in sustainability initiatives....
The 704 megawatt Revolution Wind offshore project has begun delivering electricity to the New England grid, adding a major new source of renewable power to a region facing rising energy...
In this week’s ESG News Week In Review, climate and energy policy debates intensified as governments reassessed transition strategies. A senior EU official warned Europe’s nuclear phase-down may have been...
The Global Renewables Alliance (GRA) has launched a five point Renewables Action Plan urging governments to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy and storage in response to renewed global energy...
RGREEN INVEST has closed its fifth INFRAGREEN infrastructure strategy with more than €900 million ($980 million), positioning the fund to accelerate investment in renewable power, energy storage, and electrification projects...
AIRMO, a space technology startup building an advanced greenhouse gas monitoring system that combines airborne and satellite sensing, has raised €5 million ($5.4 million) in seed funding to accelerate global...
Finance Leaders Move To Address Fashion’s Supply-Chain Emissions Global fashion brands must rapidly scale financing for supply-chain decarbonisation or risk exposing their businesses to rising climate disruption, regulatory pressure and...
EU-Backed Climate Fund Deploys Capital Into India’s Biogas Infrastructure Climate Fund Managers has committed $32.2 million to finance the construction of a commercial-scale waste-to-biogas facility in northern India, targeting one...
DP World Expands Carbon Inset Strategy Across Europe Global logistics operator DP World is expanding its supply chain decarbonization strategy in Europe with the launch of a carbon inset trial...
Paraguay Emerges as Green Hydrogen Hub for Fertiliser Production The European Investment Bank’s development arm, EIB Global, has committed up to $95 million in financing for a green hydrogen fertiliser...
Alliance Expands Framework To Focus On Real-Economy Transitions Institutional investors representing more than $9 trillion in assets are sharpening their approach to climate alignment. The Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA)...
Aon plc has appointed veteran sustainable investment leader Sindhu Krishna as partner and head of sustainability for its UK Investment Consulting business, reinforcing the firm’s push to expand climate and...
Net Zero Costs Reframed In New Economic Analysis A new analysis from the UK’s Climate Change Committee (CCC) concludes that the economic cost of reaching Net Zero by 2050 may...
Shell’s Emissions Remain Largely Unchanged Shell reported that its greenhouse gas emissions remained broadly stable in 2025 at around 1.1 billion metric tons of CO2 equivalent, according to the company’s...
Peru’s environmental certification authority has approved the environmental impact study for Buenaventura’s planned Trapiche copper project, clearing a major regulatory hurdle for the $3.4 billion development in the country’s mineral-rich...
Asset manager Galvanize has closed a $370 million real estate fund designed to turn building decarbonization into a direct driver of property value, targeting commercial assets where energy upgrades can...
The European Commission has approved $283 million (€260 million) in Belgian state aid to support a large-scale carbon capture and storage project designed to decarbonize heavy industry in Antwerp, one...
Global Capital Moves Into Water Resilience Technologies Emerald Technology Ventures has reached €100 million ($108 million) for its Global Water Fund II, bringing new capital from Temasek and the Grundfos...
Rolls-Royce SMR and nuclear technology developer Equilibrion have launched a joint assessment to examine how small modular reactors could power large-scale production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel, a step aimed at...
Clean iron technology company Electra has secured a $30 million venture debt facility from JP Morgan as it prepares to move toward its first commercial-scale production facility. The financing strengthens...
European companies are largely choosing to continue sustainability reporting even after regulatory changes removed many from mandatory disclosure requirements under the EU’s Omnibus simplification package. A new study by enterprise...
• €1.3 billion raised toward a €2 billion target for the CI Green Credit Fund II• Institutional investors including sovereign wealth funds, insurers and pension funds anchor the fund• First...
Every year, ESG and sustainability become more complex. New regulations, climate risks, and technological innovations are reshaping the field faster than most professionals can keep up. One of the best...
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...
Mantle8, a European natural hydrogen exploration company, has secured €2.06 million ($2.2 million) from the European Union’s Just Transition Fund to accelerate development of its natural hydrogen technology platform. The...
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...
A German technology start-up is moving to expand Europe’s control over artificial intelligence infrastructure with plans to build a major new data centre that could double the country’s domestically operated...
Bridges Fund Management is expanding its climate investment capabilities with the addition of a specialist climate technology team from HSBC Asset Management, deepening its focus on financing companies that accelerate...
U.S. Approves First Commercial Advanced Reactor Construction The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a construction permit for TerraPower’s Natrium reactor in Kemmerer, Wyoming, clearing the way for what could...
Corporate Demand Drives Next Phase of Carbon Procurement Climate software platform Watershed has opened its 2026 Carbon Request for Proposals (RFP), expanding a procurement mechanism designed to connect corporate buyers...
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...
Denmark has launched its first domestic flight route partially powered by sustainable aviation fuel produced from used cooking oil, marking a practical step in the country’s effort to decarbonize aviation...
HSBC has appointed sustainable finance veteran Denise Odaro as Head of Sustainable Finance and Transition for Europe and the Americas, placing a seasoned ESG and capital markets strategist at the...
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...
Ingka Group, the largest retailer behind the IKEA brand, is transforming an existing wind farm in Portugal into a hybrid renewable energy hub by adding solar generation to the site,...
L’Oréal Groupe has entered a multi-year partnership with clean chemicals startup Dioxycle to transform captured carbon emissions into sustainable packaging materials, marking a significant step toward decarbonizing plastics used across...
Schroders Greencoat is moving deeper into the intersection of clean energy and digital infrastructure, launching a dedicated platform designed to support the surging power demands of artificial intelligence and hyperscale...
The Lloyd’s of London insurance market is in discussions with the U.S. government’s International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) over a plan to provide political risk insurance and financial guarantees for...
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...
International law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has become a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), reinforcing its commitment to sustainable business practices and alignment with globally recognized...
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