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In this week’s ESG News Week In Review, policy momentum and market signals shifted across every corner of the transition. The EU moved to delay and reassess its supply chain deforestation law, Germany pushed to ...
• India’s Varaha receives 26.4 million euros ($30 million) from Mirova, marking the investor’s largest nature-based carbon commitment to date.• Funding will expand regenerative agriculture and soil organic carbon practices to 337,000 smallholder farms across ...
• Airbus delivers a 250-ton-per-year DAC unit to Deep Sky Alpha after eight months of engineering and manufacturing• Facility becomes a global testbed for next-generation carbon removal technologies, supported by major corporate buyers• Deployment follows ...
• Vietnam restates its net-zero 2050 commitment and prepares new legal frameworks to attract global green capital and advanced technologies.• Experts at the Autumn Economic Forum 2025 highlight Vietnam’s potential to become a regional centre ...
• Verra introduces an optional prioritization queue for verification approval requests, offering earlier review starts without altering technical review standards.• The fee based system aims to expand reviewer capacity and shave down overall processing times ...
• Equinix signs Letter of Intent for up to 250 MWe of next-generation nuclear power from ULC-Energy’s Rolls-Royce SMR deployment.• Agreement forms part of a global strategy to secure reliable clean energy for AI-driven data ...
• Germany asks the European Commission to allow exemptions to the 2035 phaseout of new combustion-engine vehicles, citing competitiveness and employment concerns.• Berlin seeks flexibility for plug-in hybrids and highly efficient engines as Europe’s EV ...
• Neoenergia and Honda will develop Brazil’s first green-hydrogen mobility hub, backed by more than €5 million ( $5.4 Million) in ANEEL-regulated R&D funding.• Honda will test fuel-cell vehicles and advance feasibility studies for hydrogen ...
• Parliament backs a one-year delay to the EU’s deforestation-free supply chain law, pushing obligations for large companies to 2026.• Lawmakers ask the Commission to conduct an early 2026 review that could trigger further simplification ...
• UAE commits $1 billion to restore and modernise Yemen’s power sector through solar, wind and grid projects.• Portfolio to be delivered by Abu Dhabi’s Global South Utilities, expanding generation and distribution capacity after decades ...
• ADB and the IAEA sign a formal cooperation framework to guide safe, sustainable nuclear deployment, including small modular reactors, across developing Asia-Pacific economies.• The agreement follows ADB’s updated energy policy, which now recognizes nuclear ...
• Serentica plans to raise $6–8 billion over five years to expand its clean energy portfolio to 17 GW by 2029/30.• India’s pipeline includes 3–5 GW of operating and under-construction assets available for acquisition, with ...
• Sweden allocates $41 million in new state financing to Stegra, adding to a multi-year public support package for near-zero emissions steel.• The funding is expected to strengthen Stegra’s push to secure up to $1.1 ...
A global shift in how LEGO boxes are packed The LEGO Group has crossed a major point in its multiyear effort to remove single-use plastics from inside its boxes. More than half of the packing ...
Founded in 1985, DANKEN Enterprise Co., Ltd. (DANKEN) is a global professional supplier of socks and a pioneer in applying functional materials to hosiery in Taiwan. For 40 years, the company has continuously invested in ...
Creative Tech Textile has collaborated innovatively with Taiwan’s oyster farming industry to create Seawool®, a multifunctional composite material that blends oyster shells with recycled polyester, giving new life to discarded shells. The company has applied ...
• JPMorgan elevates veteran energy banker Robert Keepers to oversee Climate Tech within its Green Economy Banking division.• The role expands the bank’s capacity to finance emerging decarbonization technologies across mobility, storage, software and industrial ...
• Just Climate raises $375 million from global institutional investors to scale natural climate solutions across land, water and waste sectors.• The strategy makes a new investment in India’s AgroStar to expand climate-resilient inputs and ...
• 84% of institutional investors expect the share of sustainable AUM to rise in the next two years, according to Morgan Stanley’s 2025 Sustainable Signals survey.• Climate adaptation climbs to the third-highest investment priority as ...
• China added 12.6 GW of new solar in October, a 30% jump from September as installations rebounded after policy driven uncertainty.• Year-to-date build reached 252.87 GW, up 39% from the same period in 2024, ...
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