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PepsiCo has reached two major water sustainability targets ahead of its 2025 deadline, completing full water replenishment across high-risk watersheds and adopting a global water stewardship framework across all company owned facilities in those regions. ...
The ESG Newsletter delivers the latest developments in carbon markets, climate finance, energy transition, and sustainable investment. Today’s edition highlights India’s launch of a centralized carbon market trading platform, alongside major updates in global climate ...
• 15,000-ton annual capacity facility converts hard-to-recycle plastic waste into petrochemical feedstock• Anchors TotalEnergies’ transition of Grandpuits refinery into a zero-crude industrial platform• Secured long-term waste supply through partnerships with Citeo and Paprec, strengthening circular ...
Zelestra has brought three solar plants online in Castilla-La Mancha, adding 162 MW of renewable capacity to Spain’s grid while directly supporting decarbonisation efforts across the pharmaceutical sector. The Belinchón I, II and III projects ...
• Climate Fund Managers brings $2.8B AUM and targets an additional $4B for climate investments across emerging markets• Partnership with Climate Bonds Initiative and European Commission aims to unlock institutional fixed-income capital• Focus spans renewable ...
The COP30 Presidency has released its Executive Report, setting out a broad implementation agenda designed to move global climate action beyond negotiation cycles and into sustained execution across economies and sectors. The report positions COP30 ...
• VPBank is pursuing a $1.2 billion sustainability-linked loan, among the largest ESG financings in Vietnam• Deal highlights continued investor appetite for ESG-linked lending in emerging markets despite global moderation• Market expected to grow to ...
• India launches a national carbon market portal to operationalize its Carbon Credit Trading Scheme across sectors• Nearly 490 entities across seven energy intensive industries now face compliance targets under the framework• Government positions carbon ...
In this week’s ESG News Week In Review, regulators and standard-setters moved to refine the rules shaping corporate sustainability. The EU pushed forward an ESRS overhaul to reduce duplication with taxonomy requirements, the SEC reopened ...
Brussels faces renewed pressure to recalibrate its flagship carbon market as the aviation sector warns that current rules risk undermining both competitiveness and decarbonization. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is calling for a targeted ...
H&M Group has adopted a new set of science-based targets for land use, aligning its operations with the Science Based Targets Network (SBTN) in a move that pushes corporate sustainability beyond carbon and into biodiversity ...
Québec is emerging as a testing ground for circular agriculture at industrial scale, as Solugen Global Inc. moves to expand production of its organic certified fertilizer, Azogen. The company has secured a $50 million equity ...
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has released Version 1.2 of its Forest, Land and Agriculture (FLAG) Guidance, tightening requirements for companies operating in one of the most emissions-intensive and nature-dependent sectors of the global ...
• Google integrates 1 GW of demand response into U.S. utility contracts, positioning data centers as flexible grid assets• Demand-side flexibility reduces peak load pressure, lowering system-wide costs and delaying infrastructure buildout• Collaboration with utilities, ...
At its Chesterfield County site in Virginia, the LEGO Group is accelerating plans to power one of its largest global manufacturing hubs with on-site renewable energy, combining industrial scale solar deployment with advanced low-carbon construction ...
COFCO International and Standard Chartered have closed a $435 million sustainability-linked revolving credit facility designed to strengthen responsible agriculture supply chains across South America, placing social compliance and resilience at the centre of financing. The ...
Google has released a detailed engineering and supply chain playbook designed to accelerate the use of recycled materials across the consumer electronics sector, as its own hardware portfolio approaches significant circularity thresholds. The company’s newly ...
Private capital moves to accelerate India’s urban transport transition KKR is committing up to $310 million to build one of India’s largest electric bus platforms, backing Allfleet and PMI Electro in a deal that ties ...
The Global Reporting Initiative is reestablishing its presence in Vietnam with a new national program aimed at strengthening corporate transparency and scaling sustainability reporting across one of Asia’s fastest-growing economies. Backed by the Swiss State ...
Brussels Moves to Refine Europe’s ESG Reporting Backbone Brussels is entering a critical phase in reshaping its corporate sustainability reporting regime, as the Platform on Sustainable Finance delivers targeted recommendations to improve the usability and ...
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