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After introducing its Road to Progress vision in 2022, Isuzu Philippines Corporation (IPC) launches its Solar Photovoltaic Project with the goal of becoming energy self-sufficient to reduce carbon dioxide emission...
Two of Melbourne’s most successful startup founders have joined forces to back climate-focused fintech, Bloom Impact Investing. Euphemia, the family office of Up co-founder Dominic Pym, together with Envato founders...
Power Capital Renewable Energy, Ireland’s leading solar Independent Power Producer (IPP), announces the closing of an up to €240 million construction equity facility with a consortium of lenders managed by Eiffel...
CWT, the Business-to-Business-for-Employees travel management platform announced it has appointed Richard Thompson as its Global Head of ESG and Employee Experience. Formerly CWT’s Vice President, Global Internal Communication & Culture,...
CalPERS has appointed Peter Cashion as managing investment director for Sustainable Investments. Cashion’s role will be to set the vision, strategy, and governance for CalPERS’ sustainability work and be responsible...
Verizon signed four new long-term renewable energy purchase agreements (REPAs) for an aggregate of up to 410 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy capacity. With these new agreements, Verizon has surpassed...
DP World will implement new processes to speed up turn around times at Jebel Ali Port, cutting bunker fuel consumption and reducing emissions. A.P. Moller – Maersk and DP World...
Euronext announced the launch of the CAC SBT 1.5°, an index investing solely in companies within the SBF 120 Index that have emissions reduction targets approved to be in line...
Proposed regulations will streamline and improve processes for offshore wind initiatives The Department of the Interior announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will publish a proposed rule...
India has set green hydrogen consumption targets for some industries, so as to generate demand for cleaner fuel in its quest to reach net zero by 2070, the government said...
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €1.1 billion Danish scheme to support the roll-out of carbon capture and storage technologies. The measure contributes to the...
The Great Lakes Clean Hydrogen coalition (GLCH) today announced it has received encouragement from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to proceed with the development and submittal of their full...
Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. (NYSE: PK) (“Park” or the “Company”) today announced that the Company has issued its annual Corporate Responsibility (“CR”) Report, which details Park’s environmental, social and...
The Volkswagen Group has made significant progress in its electric transformation in 2022. Despite supply constraints and temporary production stops, 572,100 all-electric vehicles were handed over to customers around the...
Formula E and DHL, the Official Founding and Logistics Partner of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, announced a multi-year partnership extension starting in the Gen3 era to continue...
Hang Lung Properties is delighted to announce that the Company is the first real estate company in Hong Kong and mainland China to receive approval from the Science Based Target...
Xpansiv announced the closing of a $125 million capital raise designed to fuel continued growth in Xpansiv service offerings and the firm’s technology platforms. The raise was linked to the...
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. announced the expansion of its environmental finance commitment to $30 billion. The bank initially announced in August 2021 a commitment of $20 billion over five years in support of...
As the halfway point to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals approaches and the deadline to meet key milestones of a 1.5C world looms, CEOs take action to avoid consequences to environment,...
The World Bank has approved US$100 million in financing to support Barbados’ low carbon economic development and resilience to climate change. “I cannot underscore enough the necessity of support, such...
Bain Capital Private Equity said on Thursday it has completed a deal to acquire a stake in renewable fuel producer EcoCeres Inc, as the Boston-based investor strives to ramp up...
KitKat, one of the world’s most popular confectionery products, is introducing recyclable paper packaging as a pilot test for the brand. The recyclable paper packaging will be available for a...
The World Bank recently approved a US$15 million in credit from the International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank’s program for the poorest countries, to help expand access to affordable housing...
Japan’s Ministry of Finance is considering issuing green transition bonds in the second half of next fiscal year from April, as part of plans to push climate change efforts, a...
A Dozen Selected Projects Will Develop Advanced EV Batteries that Charge Faster, Have Greater Efficiency and Resilience, and Boost Consumer Confidence Against Range Anxiety The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)...
DBL Group has signed on to a $52 million credit facility provided by British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution (DFI) and impact investor. The loan facility would...
Agreement with WattTime will allow Toyota and Lexus customers to identify ideal times to charge electrified vehicles to help reduce impact of CO2 emissions Aligning with its goals to provide...
SK Hynix Inc. announced that it successfully issued a Sustainability-Linked Bond (SLB) with a total amount of USD 1 billion. “The company is highly encouraged by the large-scale investment even...
Anew Climate LLC, a TPG Inc-owned provider of carbon emission reduction products to businesses, has agreed to invest as much as $640 million in carbon offset developer Terra Global Capital, the...
Experience Orchestration leader doubles down on cloud strategy to accelerate business and sustainability impact, advances ratings from the authorities on sustainability practice Genesys, a global cloud leader in customer experience...
Global Fintech leader will employ Syndio’s analytics platform to better measure, achieve and prove meaningful and lasting equity in the workplace Syndio, the world’s leading workplace equity analytics platform, announced...
Volkswagen continues to make rapid progress with the transformation to e-mobility: at around 330,000 units, worldwide deliveries of all-electric vehicles (Battery Electric Vehicles – BEVs) grew 23.6 percent year-on-year. Overall,...
bp announced its 134MWdc (107MWac) Arche Solar project in Fulton County, Ohio, is beginning construction, helping support the global transition to lower carbon energy. Arche is expected to create around...
New programs to provide STEM education & improve workforce development Bank of America is announcing a $1 million donation to Discovery Place to provide students and teachers resources and skills...
RMI, a leading nonprofit dedicated to accelerating the global energy transformation, announced the formation of the Virtual Power Plant Partnership (VP3) Tuesday. In recognition of the critical work needed to tackle scaling the market...
Australia’s Labor government proposed on Tuesday to make the country’s biggest polluters slash emissions by 30% over the next seven years, with some leeway for trade-exposed industries, such as aluminium...
Moody’s Corporation appointed Francisco Martinez-Garcia as Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer. Mr. Martinez-Garcia will focus on positioning Moody’s as an inclusive workplace that attracts, grows, and retains diverse talent....
Greenhouse gas emissions increased slightly from the previous year in 2022 by 1.3%, keeping the U.S. just 15.5% below 2005 levels and off track to meet its global pledge to...
Maria Outters has joined the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) as Chief Impact Officer (CIO), an integral role that will drive the initiative’s strategic engagement worldwide, strengthen governance and accelerate...
Landmark Blueprint Will Advance the President’s Clean Transportation Agenda, Slashing Consumer Costs, Improving Public Health, and Increasing the Nation’s Energy Security The Biden-Harris Administration released the U.S. National Blueprint for...
Goldman Sachs Asset Management, the fund arm of Goldman Sachs, said on Tuesday it had raised $1.6 billion for its first private equity fund focused on investing in companies providing...
Islamic Development Bank Group (IsDB) President and Group Chairman, H.E. Dr. Muhammad Al Jasser, announced a US$4.2 billion IsDB Group commitment to support Pakistan’s climate resilience efforts and development agenda and the country...
An uptake in high-profile data breaches and the exponential rise in digitization have redefined the dynamics in the cybersecurity industry. Stakeholders have become cagey towards data management practices and cybersecurity...
Report highlights Convergent’s plans to build an energy landscape that is less expensive, more reliable, and increasingly sustainable Convergent Energy and Power (Convergent), a leading provider of energy storage solutions...
Sustainability management software market insights In 2017, the sustainability management software market was valued at USD 754.13 million. From a regional perspective, North America held the largest market share, valued at USD 250.68 million. The sustainability...
Ibrahim Thiaw, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, on climate change, biodiversity and productive land loss requiring immediate action, featured in exclusive interview with ‘VISION by...
Mosaic Recently Contributed AI/ML Services to a Custom Application that Alerts on Carbon Emissions and Recommends Renewable Energy Portfolios. The company is also working with a leading risk management software...
Fast Food Company Charged for Public Disclosure Violations The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Stephen J. Easterbrook, former CEO of McDonald’s Corporation, with making false and misleading statements to...
Each recipient was awarded $20,000 to support their work in finding solutions to help reverse climate change. Tom’s of Maine has selected five winning members of its 2022 Incubator. They are...
Raven SR Inc., a renewable fuels company, Chevron New Energies, a division of Chevron U.S.A. Inc., and Hyzon Motors Inc. announced they are collaborating to commercialize operations of a green...
Morningstar Sustainalytics, a globally recognised provider of ESG research, ratings, and data, has appointed Yayoi Asazuma as Director, Client Relations based in Singapore, effective January 1st, 2023. She is responsible...
The National Football League’s Houston Texans agreed to buy carbon credits from Occidental Petroleum Corp. to offset the impacts of the team’s air travel to games in other cities. In a turn...
Hong Leong Asset Management Bhd launches its first Shariah-compliant ESG fund, the Hong Leong Global Shariah ESG Fund, which aims to provide investors with medium- to long-term capital growth by...
Bain & Company today announced a worldwide strategic partnership with Schneider Electric, a leading global sustainability and engineering consulting business focused on energy management and decarbonization. More than 4,000 companies...
Tempur Sealy International, Inc. (NYSE: TPX, “Tempur Sealy” or “Company”) today issued its 2023 Corporate Social Values Report. Tempur Sealy Chairman and CEO Scott Thompson said, “I am pleased to share our annual...
Investment in Kentucky and Ohio’s Bridge Infrastructure Part of $2.1 Billion in Fiscal Year 2022 Large Bridge Grants to make critical improvements to bridges that are a vital link for...
Samsung Electronics’ booth at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2023 is introducing a whole new era of inter-device connectivity that features a unique focus on keeping users connected to the...
December 2022 U.S. Sales See related article: Ford Releases Sustainable Financing Report and Updates on Impact of Green Bond Investments
The Iberdrola group plans to install in Brazil, through its subsidiary Neoenergia, the company’s first floating photovoltaic plant in the world. The project will be built on the water surface...
Mercedes-Benz announces far-reaching plans to launch a global high-power charging network across North America, Europe, China and other key markets. It will begin to be built this year in the...
The Delta Sustainable Skies Lab, depicted in the vision concept above, will bridge the gap between fledgling ideas and proven innovation by focusing on clean fuel, efficient flying operations, revolutionary...
The World Bank priced a new 5-year CAD 1 billion benchmark that matures on January 18, 2028. The World Bank launched the Sustainable Development Bond while raising awareness for the...
As announced in the Union Budget 2022-23, Government of India, as part of its overall market borrowings, will be issuing Sovereign Green Bonds (SGrBs), for mobilizing resources for green infrastructure....
Strive Asset Management (Strive) has launched a financial education campaign – 5 Questions to Ask Your Financial Advisor – to further educate everyday investors about where exactly their money is going in the...
Changeblock, a British technology company that develops technologies for creating and trading offsets, has announced the completion of its merger with Toronto-based ESG capital markets firm Carbon12. The merger will allow...
The Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) has announced its constituents for 2022, with Cathay Financial Holdings, one of the leading financial institutions in Asia, receiving recognition. This latest milestone marks the company’s selection as a...
Technology for a Secure, Sustainable and Superior Future, Report 2023 With the world currently failing to pursue and fund the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), the Force for...
Sustainable footwear brand Rice from Spain has introduced a completely vegan sneaker. The all-black “Open21” is made not only from various sustainable materials such as vegan corn and apple leather,...
Carmignac has hired Newton Investment Management’s Lloyd McAllister as its new head of sustainable investment. McAllister worked at Netwon for four years, most recently as head of ESG research. Prior...
Hybrid system will be capable of powering approximately 2,000 electric customers within PG&E’s Calistoga microgrid for up to 48 hours (293 MWh of carbon-free energy) during a planned outage This Long-Duration...
Integration brings new opportunities for advertisers to buy Scope3 Green Media Products through the Yahoo SSP Yahoo announced an integration with Scope3 to offer carbon neutral private marketplace (PMP) media in the Yahoo...
EVgo is Amazon’s first charging network partner for its voice-initiated charging and payment experience EVgo Inc., one of the nation’s largest public fast charging networks for electric vehicles, announced a...
Grants funded by the largest recycling investment in 30 years under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of $40 million in grants...
The Zero Emission Transportation Association (ZETA) announced that Albert Gore took over as Executive Director effective January 3, 2023. Gore joins ZETA after seven years at Tesla, most recently as the Lead...
Abu Dhabi, UAE – January 5, 2023: ADNOC, a reliable and responsible provider of lower-carbon intensity energy, today announced a bold new strategy to progress the world-scale decarbonization of its operations. ...
Delta continued building momentum in 2022 on its journey to connect people to a more sustainable future of flying. From welcoming a new CSO and developing innovative partnerships, to advancing...
All products and packaging to be recycled, biobased, recyclable, biodegradable, and Cradle to Cradle certified by 2027 schleich, a leading international toy manufacturer and supplier of realistic animal figures, announces a...
Climate Impact Partners, a leading carbon finance organization with more than 20 years’ experience in the voluntary carbon market, announced Sheri Hickok has been appointed Chief Executive Officer starting at the beginning of...
Sony Electronics Inc. working in partnership with the Kōkua Hawai’i Foundation, ERI – the nation’s leading recycler of electronics and cybersecurity-focused hardware destruction company – and T&N – Hawaii’s leading e-waste collection company...
First energy produced at the end of 2022 – RWE has commissioned a 44-megawatt (MWac) solar farm in the Province of Guadalajara, close to Madrid. Casa Valdes is a ground-mounted photovoltaic...
Mercedes-Benz Energy and Lohum are pleased to announce a strategic partnership through a multi-year supply contract agreement for second-life batteries. Lohum is Mercedes-Benz Energy’s first partner in Asia as both...
Maersk signed the Land Grant Contract with the administrative committee of Lin-gang new area of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone in late December 2022. This marks the official landing of...
Germany’s carbon dioxide emissions held steady last year, jeopardising its climate targets as higher use of oil and coal offset lower energy consumption and record renewables output, data from climate...
The world’s leading recruiter PageGroup. which operates globally as Michael Page, Page Personnel, Page Executive and Page Outsourcing, has signed an £80 million sustainability Club Deal facility led by BBVA....
Air France-KLM is turning to a much-debated part of the ethical bond market to repay state aid that helped it weather the coronavirus pandemic. The airline is presenting its sustainability-linked financing framework to...
India has approved an incentive plan of 174.9 billion rupees ($2.11 billion) to promote green hydrogen in a bid to cut emissions and become a major exporter in the field,...
VelocityEHS, the global leader in enterprise EHS & ESG software solutions, today announced that it has been named a Leader in the “Green Quadrant: EHS Software 2023” report by the...
The global ESG Reporting software market to grow from USD 0.7 billion in 2022 to USD 1.5 billion by 2027, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 15.9% during the forecast period. The...
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. has included responding to climate change as a key pillar of our business strategy, and we are harnessing our group’s capabilities to contribute to the achievement...
Committed to becoming a more sustainable travel provider, Allegiant made investments in several ESG areas Allegiant Travel Company released its 2021 ESG Report, a comprehensive publication that details the company’s efforts...
Iberdrola is progressing according to plan in the construction project in the waters off Brittany in France for the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm. The company has completed the first campaign of the...
The World Bank is seeking to vastly expand its lending capacity to address climate change and other global crises and will negotiate with shareholders ahead of April meetings on proposals...
Hong Kong aims to raise up to the equivalent of $5 billion in a dollar, euro and offshore Chinese yuan green bond issuance, sources with direct knowledge of the matter...
Voltalia (Euronext Paris, ISIN code: FR0011995588), an international player in renewable energies, today announces its non-financial rating from Sustainalytics (Morningstar group), one of the world’s leading ESG rating agencies. Voltalia’s management of ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) risks...
JBS, the largest food company in the world, took another important step towards its trajectory towards the Net Zero 2040 commitment. REC Standard / I-REC, which prove the generation of...
The Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (MSE) is establishing a government chief sustainability officer position with effect from Jan 1, 2023, to drive the Republic’s sustainability efforts under the...
LuLu Group, whose flagship hypermarket chain powers the MENA region as one of the largest and fastest- growing retail chains, will be launching an ambitious ESG campaign this month which...
Eni announces the incorporation of Eni Sustainable Mobility, its new company dedicated to sustainable mobility. The company is vertically integrated along the entire value chain, bringing together services and products...
Taiwan’s central bank said on Friday it would begin incorporating climate change risks into its modelling and forecasts for inflation and economic growth and adapt monetary policy to promote sustainable...
Recently, Fosun International received numerous accolades in domestic and international markets, including multiple ESG awards from international financial media International Business Magazine, Finance Derivative and Hong Kong stock connect information platform Zhitong Caijing. The market highly...
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