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By Jonathan Orchard in cooperation and edited by ESG News Editorial Team Why human health may be the most overlooked lever in ESG strategy Environmental, Social and Governance frameworks have transformed how we evaluate long-term ...
Turning Sustainability Ambition Into Enterprise Execution EY has launched its Sustainable Operating Blueprint, a framework designed to help organizations embed sustainability into core strategy and operations rather than treating it as a standalone reporting function. ...
At the India AI Summit, Google announced a collaboration with the Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA) to the Government of India, positioning climate technology at the center of the country’s digital transformation. The ...
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has constituted a working group to review the regulatory framework governing ESG Rating Providers (ERPs), responding to feedback from market participants and stakeholders on the current regime. ...
Microsoft announced it has met its 2025 renewable energy target, securing enough clean electricity to match 100% of power consumed by its datacenters, campuses and buildings worldwide. The milestone rests on long-term power purchase agreements ...
ClimeFi has launched its Due Diligence Coverage platform, granting qualified buyers access to executive summaries from its database of carbon removal project assessments. The move is designed to improve transparency and decision-making in a market ...
Amazon is expanding its Sustainability Exchange to provide companies with new tools to reduce emissions beyond their direct operations, offering lower-carbon fuel inset credits and superpollutant refrigerant destruction credits to qualified participants. The Exchange, launched ...
Lydian Energy has secured $689 million in financing to develop two utility scale solar projects and a major battery storage facility across the U.S. Southwest and Texas, expanding grid resilience and dispatchable clean power in ...
The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) plans to raise approximately $100 million by 2028 to finance the digitisation of India’s electricity grids, Chief Executive Woochong Um said at Mumbai Climate Week. The ...
Neste and World Fuel Services have signed a five-year extension to their existing partnership, expanding the availability of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) across more than 100 airports in World Fuel’s UK and European network. The ...
British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, has surpassed its $1 billion climate finance commitment for India under its 2022–2026 strategy, confirming $1.1 billion deployed as of Mumbai Climate Week. ...
Absolute Climate has introduced a certification framework designed to translate the emissions benefits of low-carbon products into verified, tradable environmental claims. The pathway enables climate benefits embedded in materials such as low-carbon concrete, green steel, ...
California Governor Gavin Newsom announced an expanded climate partnership with the United Kingdom during a diplomatic visit aimed at strengthening cooperation on clean energy, trade, and sustainable development. The trip culminated in a landmark investment ...
Equinix has secured a 15-year virtual power purchase agreement with ENEOS Renewable Energy Corporation to source renewable electricity from the 121MW Sanda Mega Solar Power Plant in Hyogo Prefecture, reinforcing the company’s clean energy strategy ...
The International Organization for Standardization has released ISO 14092:2026 Climate Change Adaptation, a new international standard designed to help local governments, communities, and organizations plan and implement climate adaptation strategies in a systematic and transparent ...
Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has mandated carbon disclosure and offsetting requirements for non-bank financial institutions, marking a significant shift in how environmental risk is integrated into financial oversight. Decision No. 36 of 2026, announced ...
Renewable energy developer Zelestra has begun construction of the 9.5 MWdc Bellomo agrivoltaic solar plant in Sicily, expanding its Italian footprint with a project designed to integrate clean power generation with agricultural productivity and local ...
Governance Standards Shift Amid Political Pressure Goldman Sachs is preparing to remove diversity related criteria from the framework its board governance committee uses to evaluate potential directors, according to a Wall Street Journal report citing ...
As ESG commitments proliferate across global markets, water stewardship remains a critical blind spot. Carbon emissions are tracked with growing precision, yet corporate water performance is often disclosed through fragmented metrics and qualitative narratives that ...
Bloomberg strengthens sustainable finance leadership Bloomberg has appointed Lauren Smart as Global Head of Sustainable Finance, elevating a senior sustainability data executive at a moment when climate risk, energy transition financing, and ESG disclosure requirements ...
Mantle8, the deep-tech geoscience company advancing natural hydrogen exploration, has appointed Laurence Tiberghien-Portaz as Human Resources Director while opening a new office in Grenoble, reinforcing organisational capacity as the company moves toward execution and market ...
The administration of President Donald Trump has repealed the scientific determination that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health and eliminated federal tailpipe emissions standards for cars and trucks, marking the most sweeping rollback of U.S. ...
Fortescue has begun commissioning two battery electric locomotives on its Pilbara rail network, marking a decisive step in decarbonising one of the world’s largest iron ore supply chains. Delivered by Progress Rail, the locomotives will ...
Leadership shift reflects rising ESG demands in private markets London based global asset manager Schroders has appointed Holly Turner as Head of Sustainable Investments at Schroders Capital, elevating a long time climate specialist to guide ...
London Rebalances Climate Commitments and Energy Security NatWest has softened key elements of its fossil fuel lending framework, reopening financing channels for parts of the oil and gas sector in a move that highlights mounting ...
Aviation’s Hard-to-Abate Emissions Drive Durable Removal Demand A new multi-year offtake agreement between Senken and Exomad Green will supply 105,000 tonnes of permanently removed carbon dioxide between 2026 and 2028, with credits earmarked for use ...
Brussels Backs Denmark’s Land-Use Climate Strategy The European Commission has approved a €1.04 billion ($1.12 billion) Danish state aid program designed to pay landowners to permanently remove agricultural and forestry land from production, a move ...
In this week’s ESG News Week In Review, Europe advanced both ambition and enforcement as lawmakers approved a binding 90% emissions cut by 2040 while limiting carbon credit use and banning the destruction of unsold ...
Commercial Fusion Moves From Lab Milestones to Market Strategy Fusion startup Inertia has secured $450 million in Series A funding to accelerate commercialization of inertial confinement fusion, positioning itself as one of the most closely ...
London Pushes Aviation Beyond Mandate London’s Heathrow Airport is expanding its Sustainable Aviation Fuel incentive programme for a fifth consecutive year, setting a target that exceeds the UK government’s mandate and places commercial pressure on ...
Luxembourg Pushes SME Climate Financing Into Execution Phase European policymakers and financiers gathered at the EIB Group’s Green Gateway event to highlight the rapid expansion of the Energy Efficiency for SMEs initiative, a flagship EU-wide ...
SkyNRG has reached financial close on DSL-01, a greenfield Sustainable Aviation Fuel production facility at the Delfzijl chemical park, shifting the project from development into active construction after seven years of planning and permitting. Once ...
HAMR Energy has secured AUD 10 million ($7 million) in Series A funding from aviation and industrial heavyweights Airbus, Qantas and thyssenkrupp Uhde, positioning the company to expand a pipeline of low carbon liquid fuel ...
A coalition of chemical producers, material innovators, and trading houses has launched what participants describe as the world’s first global supply chain dedicated to renewable plastics for high performance consumer electronics, targeting Sony’s next generation ...
Eclipse has secured a strategic partnership with BNP Paribas aimed at expanding battery energy storage across Europe, combining equity investment, structured finance, and energy trading capabilities to address rising power demand and grid volatility. Strategic ...
UK-based sustainability data platform Dcycle has announced the acquisition of Munich-based AI company ESG-X, a move that materially strengthens Dcycle’s position in the European ESG software landscape and marks its formal expansion into Germany—one of ...
Capital Deployment Accelerates Energy Transition Strategy ContourGlobal has allocated roughly 60% of its $1.1 billion Green Bond proceeds toward renewable energy and storage assets, channeling $657 million into projects that anchor the company’s shift toward ...
Nordic Capital Targets Rural Climate Resilience The International Fund for Agricultural Development has raised 750 million Swedish kronor through a sustainable development bond arranged by SEB, expanding access to private capital for climate resilience and ...
Deutsche Bank has entered the European Green Bond market with a €500 million ($594 million) issuance tied directly to residential green building loans, positioning the bank at the intersection of regulatory change, sustainable finance demand, ...
Europe’s Climate Finance Strategy Deepens Through Banking Partnerships The European Investment Bank and BBVA have signed two agreements aimed at accelerating green lending and strengthening climate finance capabilities across Europe’s banking sector. Announced during the ...
A Strategic Response To Escalating Physical Climate Risk As extreme weather intensifies across global markets, sustainability consultancy ERM and climate analytics firm Jupiter Intelligence have formed a partnership aimed at helping companies translate physical climate ...
Renewable Infrastructure Returns To Public Markets U.S. solar and battery storage contractor SOLV Energy entered public markets with momentum on Wednesday, opening above its listing price and reaching a valuation near $6 billion. Shares began ...
Strategic Review Signals Capital Rebalancing Shell confirmed Thursday it is reviewing strategic options for Sprng Energy, its India focused renewable power platform acquired in 2022 for $1.55 billion. The company said it was too early ...
Meta has unveiled a sweeping set of nuclear energy agreements aimed at powering the next wave of artificial intelligence infrastructure, committing to partnerships that extend the life of existing reactors while financing advanced nuclear development ...
LanzaTech Global has selected Saltend Chemicals Park as the preferred location for its DRAGON II sustainable aviation fuel project, a £600 million ($744M) investment positioned at the intersection of industrial policy and aviation decarbonisation. The ...
Soil carbon has moved from pilot phase to large scale execution as Boomitra announced Verra approval for its Northern Mexico Grassland Restoration Project, unlocking 3.03 million carbon removal credits now available to global buyers. The ...
Brussels is tightening the regulatory net around fashion waste, adopting new Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation measures aimed at ending one of the sector’s most controversial practices: destroying unsold stock. The European Commission’s latest Delegated ...
Chestnut Carbon has achieved a first for North America’s forest carbon sector, with its Family Forest Carbon Project becoming the first Improved Forest Management carbon removal project verified under the Forest Stewardship Council Verified Impact ...
As power demand from AI and electrification accelerates, UK-based energy infrastructure company Tem has raised $75 million in a Series B round to modernise how electricity is bought and sold. The round was led by ...
Asset-Based Finance Targets Maritime Decarbonisation Gap Eurazeo has secured a €175 million ($189 million) first closing for its Eurazeo Sustainable Maritime Infrastructure II (ESMI II) fund, accelerating private capital deployment into the decarbonisation of Europe’s ...
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