ING has released its Climate Progress Update 2024, highlighting how it engages with clients in transitioning to a low-carbon economy. The update reflects ING’s commitment to steering the most carbon-intensive...
Ørsted has signed a major deal with Equinor, agreeing to sell 330,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) credits over a ten-year period. This is tied to Ørsted’s groundbreaking ‘Kalundborg...
A Critical Moment for Sustainable Development The world faces significant challenges—geopolitical conflicts, the climate crisis, high inflation, and the lingering effects of COVID-19—that hinder sustainable development. Only 17% of Sustainable...
Standard Chartered Bank and SEB have expanded their partnership with Puro.earth to enhance the Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) market. By facilitating offtake agreements for high-quality, Puro Standard-certified carbon removal credits,...
MSCI Inc. has launched MSCI Carbon Project Ratings, the first tool to assess the integrity of over 4,000 carbon credit projects. This marks a significant step forward in setting new...
Key Impact Points: ERM has partnered with CEEZER to create the ERM Carbon Credit Portal, enabling businesses to purchase and retire carbon credits efficiently. The portal, integrated with ERM’s carbon...
Growing Confidence in SI Data Concerns about the availability and accuracy of ESG data have significantly declined, with fewer asset owners citing it as a barrier to sustainable investment (SI)....
SBTi Expands Corporate Net-Zero Standard to Refine Emission Neutralization The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) is advancing its efforts to help companies achieve net-zero by revising its Corporate Net-Zero Standard....
Kenya has taken a significant step forward in its climate goals by becoming the first African nation to develop a national REDD+ registry, designed to track carbon credits aimed at...
United Airlines and the San Francisco 49ers have teamed up to reduce carbon emissions from air travel by launching a pilot project using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The 49ers are...
IBM and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have launched two innovative energy models aimed at accelerating a global energy transition. Hosted on UNDP’s GeoHub platform, these free, interactive models...
Woodland Biofuels Invests $1.35 Billion in Louisiana for Renewable Fuels Toronto-based Woodland Biofuels announced a $1.35 billion investment to build a renewable natural gas (RNG) and ultra-green hydrogen facility at...
Hero Future Energies, a unit of the Hero Group, is set to invest $20 billion over the next six years to expand its renewable energy capacity nearly 16-fold, according to...
A new partnership between BlackRock, Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), Microsoft, and MGX aims to revolutionize AI infrastructure with a potential $100 billion investment. The Global AI Infrastructure Investment Partnership (GAIIP)...
Vanguard’s Investor Choice proxy voting pilot, launched in early 2023, has revealed new data from the 2024 proxy season, showing growing individual investor engagement. The initiative enables individual investors to...
More than 530 financial institutions, managing over $29 trillion in assets, are pressuring governments worldwide to take decisive action on the climate crisis. In a joint statement ahead of COP29,...
Travalyst has made flight emissions data more accessible than ever, scaling its information to appear in over 65 billion flight searches globally. This effort, led by the non-profit founded by...
New Zealand Steps Into Utility-Scale Solar with Global Technology Partner Global solar tracker manufacturer GameChange Solar has entered the New Zealand market through a partnership with Bright Fern Energy on...
A Cross-Border First for Asia’s Energy Transition From ridgelines in southern Lao PDR, 133 turbines now send clean electricity across the border into Vietnam. The Monsoon Wind Power Project, which...
Rising Influence of Family Offices in ESG The latest survey from the Sustainable Finance Initiative (SFI) indicates a profound shift in global capital allocation, with 90% of family offices now...
Rome advances utility-scale renewables Enfinity Global has closed €316 million ($341 million) in financing to build eight utility-scale solar plants across Emilia Romagna, Basilicata, and Lazio. With a combined capacity...
A Strategic Bet on Hydrogen’s Next Phase Thyssenkrupp nucera has finalized the acquisition of core technology assets from the insolvent Danish company Green Hydrogen Systems (GHS), in a move designed...
Highlights Sphera, the Chicago-based sustainability and operational risk management software firm, has secured a new round of growth capital from Neuberger Berman Capital Solutions, adding a second major institutional backer...
Ghana and Singapore are strengthening their cooperation on sustainable development and agribusiness following bilateral talks in Singapore. The two countries confirmed they will deepen collaboration across carbon markets, modern agriculture,...
Diginex Limited and SGS have reaffirmed their strategic alliance to deliver technology-enabled sustainable finance solutions, extending a partnership first formed in 2022. The renewed collaboration aims to tackle rising demand...
Iberdrola España has begun commissioning its Ciudad Rodrigo photovoltaic plant, its second solar facility in Salamanca and one of the largest in Castilla y León. The 316 MW project, developed...
A new World Bank report warns that environmental decline is not only a climate crisis but also a major drag on economic growth. The study, Reboot Development: The Economics of...
TRIIBE is a nonprofit founded in 2024, is focused on helping established college-student-run nonprofit founders scale impact. TRIIBE has already formed a community rooted in resilience, compassion, and action. Most...
The Trump administration has canceled $679 million in federal funding for 12 offshore wind projects, a move that effectively derails several cornerstone initiatives launched under the Biden administration’s clean energy...
PepsiCo has released its 2024 ESG Summary, highlighting progress against its PepsiCo Positive (pep+) sustainability and nutrition strategy. Introduced in 2021, pep+ embeds sustainability across the company’s operations, guiding growth...
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been advised to strengthen its climate risk framework by balancing global best practices with domestic realities, according to a new report by the...
Utrecht Leads with a Sharper Line on ESG UTRECHT – The Dutch pension fund PFZW has severed mandates worth roughly $34 billion with global managers BlackRock and Legal & General...
Copenhagen readies first EU-compliant sovereign green bonds Denmark is preparing to enter capital markets with what would be the world’s first sovereign bonds issued under the EU Green Bond Standard...
RMI’s climate tech accelerator, Third Derivative, has welcomed 18 startups from six countries across four continents, broadening its portfolio to more than 280 companies. The program is designed to accelerate...
Rolls-Royce’s Power Systems division, in partnership with Microsoft, has released a position paper making the case for Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) as a low-carbon backup fuel for Singapore’s fast-growing data...
Temasek-owned investment platform GenZero has published its inaugural sustainability report, setting out a new climate target and highlighting progress just three years after its launch. By 31 March 2028, GenZero...