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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 Water Performance-Based Bond introduces a ...
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 market. The buyers include Bain ...
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 a UK market where regulatory ...
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 market accelerates toward scale. The ...
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 footprint while sustaining the technological ...
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 beyond its core sustainability RegTech ...
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, finds that leading organizations are ...
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 decisive move into one of ...
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 environmental interventions. Across Gauteng, the ...
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 supply chains. The program, running ...
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 regulatory oversight. At the core ...
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 Wales and Victoria. Once operational, ...
Category: ESG Governance | Date: April 15, 2026 | Read time: 6 min A federal jury has ruled that Live Nation Entertainment operated an illegal monopoly in the live events industry. The verdict is a ...
ESG News · ESG ETF Market Signals · Wednesday, April 15, 2026Data reflects Tuesday, April 14, 2026 close · For risk desks & institutional investors Yesterday’s session handed clean-energy allocators one of the most consequential ...
Global temperatures reached new highs in 2024, intensifying pressure on governments to scale market-based climate tools. Against this backdrop, emissions trading systems are expanding both in number and scope, according to the latest ICAP Emissions ...
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has selected BeZero Carbon as part of its push to position the city as a global hub for green finance, accelerating the development of credible carbon markets in one of the ...
Germany-based chemicals and consumer goods group Henkel has unveiled a new set of 2030 sustainability targets, tightening its climate commitments while expanding focus on circular economy, workforce equity and supplier accountability. The updated roadmap builds ...
US Launch Targets Rising Pressure on Resource Accountability A new reporting standard for the electronics recycling sector is reframing how companies measure environmental impact, shifting focus beyond carbon to the recovery of critical raw materials ...
Microsoft has moved to quell growing concern across carbon markets, confirming that its carbon removal program remains active even as it considers adjusting procurement volumes. The statement follows reports that the company had paused purchases ...
As scrutiny intensifies on corporate climate performance, the International Organization for Standardization has released ISO 14001:2026, a revised environmental management standard aimed squarely at closing the gap between sustainability commitments and measurable outcomes. The update ...
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