Bloomberg has rolled out the Screened Choice Indices, a suite of market cap-weighted equity benchmarks that give investors the ability to tailor portfolios to their sustainability and exclusion criteria. “The...
Sweden’s largest solar power plant, the 100 MWp Hultsfred Solar Farm, is now delivering renewable energy to H&M Group through a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA). Located on the grounds...
Vietnam has approved the transfer of one million tons of CO₂ emission reductions generated from plantation forests in the north-central region to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD),...
Verra has released a new digital soil mapping (DSM) tool designed to improve the accuracy, efficiency, and integrity of carbon accounting in agricultural land management (ALM) projects. The guidance, published...
Spain has launched a sweeping climate emergency plan that tightens corporate disclosure rules and ramps up its clean energy transition, following wildfires that burned more than 300,000 hectares. The strategy...
Taiwan SME Drives Dual Transformation to Deliver Precision, Durability, and Sustainable Automation Founded in 1985, TENSO Machinery Ind. Co., Ltd. is a Taiwanese manufacturer specializing in injection automation robots. All...
Equinor said on Monday it would participate in Orsted’s 60 billion Danish crown ($9.4 billion) rights issue, subscribing for shares worth up to 6 billion crowns ($940 million). The investment...
Bank ABC has set a new high-water mark in sustainable finance, mobilizing US$2.8 billion in 2024, with almost nine out of ten dollars directed toward emerging markets. These funds are...
Sony Group Corporation has launched its new medium-term environmental roadmap, Green Management 2030 (GM2030), effective from fiscal year 2026 through 2030. The initiative marks the next milestone in its “Road...
Standard Chartered has appointed Roger Charles as Head of Sustainability Initiatives, Coverage, within its Corporate & Investment Banking team. Charles, an environmental, social, and climate risk specialist, brings more than...
One Click LCA, the global leader in scalable life-cycle assessment (LCA) software, has added SimaPro and PRé Sustainability to its platform, creating what it calls the world’s largest and most...
Ecolab and Siam Cement Group (SCG) have signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at strengthening SCG’s competitiveness while driving progress toward its Net Zero goals. The agreement, running...
Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), the leading private fusion company, has closed an oversubscribed $863 million Series B2 round, reinforcing its position at the forefront of the race to commercialize fusion...
At the Franco-German Council of Ministers in Toulon, President Emmanuel Macron and Chancellor Friedrich Merz endorsed a bilateral energy roadmap that recognizes nuclear power as part of Europe’s energy transition....
The European Commission has committed €4 million ($4.3 million) to support the development of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) through the International Civil Aviation Organization’s Capacity-building and Training for Sustainable Aviation...
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and BTG Pactual have formed a strategic partnership to accelerate sustainability and development initiatives in Brazil and across Latin America. The collaboration, announced this week,...
Singapore’s regulators are easing the pressure on smaller businesses by extending timelines for climate reporting. The Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) and Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo) announced that...
The global food system is under strain. Extreme weather is cutting into productivity, while agriculture itself remains a major source of greenhouse gases. Addressing these twin challenges requires scaling technologies...
Diene Keita of Guinea has been appointed Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) by UN Secretary-General António Guterres. She will serve with the rank of United Nations...