Key Impact Points: Bloomberg announced a new data offering on the Bloomberg Terminal, collating data companies report in line with the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). This service is...
Key Impact Points: Executive Summary: Amazon has announced a significant reduction in plastic packaging, replacing 95% of plastic air pillows with paper filler across North America. This move is part...
Stockholm Exergi CEO Anders Egelrud: “The agreement shows that Stockholm Exergi’s bio-CCS project is both efficient and sustainable.“ Stockholm Exergi has signed an agreement for permanent negative emissions worth just...
Key Impact Points: Executive Summary: bp has acquired Bunge’s 50% stake in bp Bunge Bioenergia, becoming the sole owner of the biofuels joint venture. This strategic move allows bp to...
Executive Summary The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) have proposed new categories for financial products under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) to address greenwashing and improve clarity for investors. The...
Nestlé Travel Retail launches a new sustainable chocolate range exclusively for travel retail. This initiative, part of the Nestlé Cocoa Plan in partnership with the Rainforest Alliance, aligns with increasing...
H&M Move is proud to announce the expansion of its Move Together community program through a new 2-year collaboration with Laureus Sport for Good in Paris. Building on the strength...
FedEx continues to make inroads in deploying lower-emissions fleets and facilities in the region and increased its engagement with community sustainability initiatives Federal Express Corporation, one of the world’s largest...
Executive Summary Deloitte and dsm-firmenich have expanded their global collaboration to advance sustainable animal protein production through the Sustell platform, which calculates environmental impacts from the feed and farm sectors....
Executive Summary: ESG Book and Risk Labs have announced a strategic partnership to meet the growing demand for ESG solutions in the MENA region. This collaboration leverages ESG Book’s extensive...
Indigo Ag announced that Microsoft has agreed to purchase 40,000 agricultural soil-based carbon credits from the company’s third carbon crop, issued in February, representing the largest number of credits ever delivered by...
Executive Summary Masdar has signed a landmark agreement to acquire 67% of TERNA ENERGY, marking the largest energy transaction on the Athens Stock Exchange. The deal, valued at 3.2 billion...
Salesforce announced three major climate investments to accelerate a just energy transition. The company has joined Frontier, an advance market commitment (AMC) to collectively buy more than $1 billion of permanent carbon removal by...
Key Impact Points: Deloitte’s latest report, in collaboration with Workplace Intelligence, highlights increasing demands on CEOs to prioritize human sustainability. This concept involves creating value for employees, enhancing their health,...
Key Impact Points: Executive Summary: Workiva has launched Workiva Carbon, expanding its platform for ESG, financial reporting, and GRC with tools for carbon accounting, management, and decarbonization. This new addition...
Key Impact Points: Executive Summary: BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group (TIG) will provide Microsoft with 8 million carbon removal credits, marking the largest carbon dioxide removal transaction to date. This...
Rules provide clarity and certainty for prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements in the Inflation Reduction Act and ensure clean energy jobs are good paying jobs. The U.S. Department of the...
HyFive, the green hydrogen and derivatives platform of energy transition infrastructure investor White Summit Capital (WSC), will invest 250 million euros to build a green hydrogen and methanol production plant...
Key Impact Points: Staying within 1.5°C remains a key business goal, according to CDP data showing a nearly 50% increase in companies with 1.5°C-aligned climate transition plans. Sherry Madera, CEO...
Google for Startups announced the launch of two new accelerator programs designed to empower European and Israeli startups working on climate change solutions and artificial intelligence (AI). The Google for...
Expanding the Carbon Removal Rulebook The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) has approved a new suite of methodologies for engineered carbon dioxide removal (CDR), strengthening governance of...
A Life Devoted to Nature Dr Jane Goodall, the world’s most renowned primatologist and conservationist, died Wednesday at 91 while on a speaking tour in California, the Jane Goodall Institute...
A growing sovereign green bond market The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has released its Green Bond Report 2025, providing a detailed account of how HK$240 billion (US$31 billion) in...
European businesses call sustainability a competitiveness issue A new survey of more than 2,500 senior executives across France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Poland reveals broad support for binding corporate sustainability...
Asia-Pacific Leaders Advance ESG Integration On the sidelines of UN General Assembly week, the United Nations Global Compact convened senior business leaders from Asia and Oceania for a closed-door Leadership...
Quality over Quantity Defines Luxury’s Next Phase The global luxury sector is navigating slowing demand, shifting consumer expectations, and a changing definition of value. According to the first EY Luxury...
New Capital for Expanding Energy Transition Services Nuveen has acquired a majority interest in Ally Energy Solutions, a U.S. provider of turnkey power and efficiency upgrades for commercial and industrial...
A Strategic Carve-Out in Solar TotalEnergies has sold a 50% stake in a 1.4 gigawatt (GW) solar portfolio across the United States to insurance vehicles and funds managed by KKR,...
Baton Rouge bets on carbon removal ExxonMobil has been selected to transport and permanently store carbon dioxide captured at AtmosClear’s planned biomass energy facility at the Port of Greater Baton...
New Pathways for Automotive Waste Porsche AG, BASF SE and Austrian technology firm BEST Bioenergy and Sustainable Technologies GmbH have completed a pilot project demonstrating the chemical recycling of complex...
A New Benchmark for Corporate Climate Expertise The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has established the world’s first official register of certified experts qualified to guide companies through the complexities...
Oslo steps into global transition capital markets Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), manager of Norway’s $1.6 trillion sovereign wealth fund, has committed $1.5 billion to Brookfield Asset Management’s Global Transition...
Jakarta’s Waste Crisis Spurs New Energy Push Indonesia’s sovereign wealth fund, Danantara Indonesia, will roll out at least eight waste-to-energy plants by the end of October as part of a...
Brussels signs off on CBAM reform The Council of the European Union has adopted a regulation simplifying the bloc’s carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), an instrument designed to prevent carbon...
Cyprus Decision Marks Next Phase Meeting in Europe’s most water-scarce country, the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group’s Board has adopted the second phase of its Climate Bank Roadmap, committing to...
Toronto’s first Climate Week is bringing together investors, business leaders, policymakers, and innovators to explore how climate action is reshaping markets and creating new opportunities. With dozens of sessions happening...
Regulatory Uncertainty Meets Investor Demands 2025 is proving to be a pivotal year for corporate sustainability disclosures. Thousands of companies have filed reports under the European Union’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting...
IBM is moving to address one of the persistent bottlenecks in corporate climate reporting: the accuracy and usability of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data. The company has introduced the Envizi...
Sarawak bets on hybrid clean power Malaysia’s Sarawak state has secured one of its largest private renewable energy investments with Founder Group Limited and Planet QEOS Sdn. Bhd. committing MYR1.16...
Record Commitments from Berlin Berlin has confirmed it provided €11.8 billion ($13.81 billion) in international climate finance during 2024, a record outlay designed to strengthen developing countries’ ability to respond...