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The European Central Bank is pushing supervised banks to sharpen their climate and nature-related risk management, as physical damage, transition policy and ecosystem loss move deeper into financial risk models. ECB Banking Supervision has updated ...
New Zealand’s government plans to change climate law to stop courts from finding companies liable in private cases for harm linked to greenhouse gas emissions. Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith said the government would amend the ...
Indonesia is preparing one of the world’s largest land rehabilitation efforts, with plans to restore 12 million hectares of degraded land and potentially connect new tree-planting projects to carbon offset markets. Forestry Minister Raja Juli ...
The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market has issued a new round of assessment decisions that sharpen the line between eligible carbon credits and credits still facing integrity concerns. The latest decisions cover carbon ...
Verra has secured approval from the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market for two methodologies that meet the Core Carbon Principles, giving buyers another route into credits backed by independent integrity standards. The approved ...
Nevada, is set to become a test case for how large technology companies meet rising data center demand without adding new pressure to regional power systems. Amazon is investing in new carbon-free energy projects in ...
Texas, will become the site of a major clean power supply deal between Google and Linea Energy, as rising data center demand continues to reshape U.S. energy procurement. Linea Energy, a renewables developer and U.S. ...
At the annual high-level meeting of the Net-Zero Export Credit Agencies Alliance, Bpifrance Assurance Export announced its move from affiliate member to full member. The French export credit agency will now commit to decarbonize its ...
North America is set to become the launch market for a new biofuels feedstock push, as Bayer and bp form a long-term strategic alliance to scale camelina for lower-carbon fuels. Commercialization will take place under ...
The Science Based Targets initiative has appointed McKenna Smith as Managing Director of SBTi Services, placing an experienced carbon accounting leader at the helm of one of the most closely watched functions in corporate climate ...
Abu Dhabi is tightening the link between clean power, industrial growth, and national energy security. EWEC, the Emirates Water and Electricity Company, has signed a strategic Collaboration Framework Agreement with Masdar to speed up the ...
Brussels is moving to soften the near-term cost of its carbon market for heavy industry, as Europe tries to hold its climate line while defending its manufacturing base. The European Commission on Monday proposed giving ...
Europe’s EV Capital Push Enters A Political Test Countries across the European Economic Area and Switzerland have committed almost €200 billion, or $235 billion, to the region’s electric vehicle ecosystem, according to new data from ...
Meta Adds Arkansas Solar to Its Clean Energy Portfolio Arkansas will host a new 250 MW solar project as Meta moves to secure more clean electricity for its U.S. operations. Meta and EDP Renewables North ...
Florence Launch Puts Carbon Pricing Back On The Multilateral Table Florence became the latest staging ground for global climate diplomacy this week as the European Union, China and Brazil formally launched the Open Coalition on ...
In this week’s ESG News Week In Review, the transition economy continued shifting from ambition to industrial execution. Europe moved to protect heavy industry from rising carbon costs while tightening scrutiny around ESG fund labels, ...
Uzbekistan Airports JSC and Allied Biofuels FE LLC have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for Sustainable Aviation Fuel and electro-synthetic Sustainable Aviation Fuel supply. Cooperation is planned to begin by 2030. The agreement places Uzbekistan ...
Investors Push For ESG Continuity In Major Food Merger London and Hunt Valley, Maryland, are now tied by one of the largest food deals ever struck. McCormick’s $65 billion combination with Unilever’s food business will ...
Data Collaboration Targets A Fast-Growing Bond Market New York and London are moving deeper into the infrastructure behind sustainable finance, as ICE and the Climate Bonds Initiative form a strategic data collaboration aimed at improving ...
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