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Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, has raised USD 250 million through Sustainability Linked Loans from leading international banks, for financing its capex initiatives and reducing carbon footprint. The...
The European Investment Bank Group signed a record amount in new financing for renewables, efficiency, storage and grids in 2022, highlighting the EU bank’s unwavering commitment to ensure access to...
TotalEnergies and Air Liquide announce their decision to create an equally owned joint venture to develop a network of hydrogen stations, geared towards heavy duty vehicles on major European road...
The World Bank has signed an agreement with four West and Central African nations worth $311 million to fund renewable energy projects. The funds will finance around 106 megawatts (MW)...
New IBM Foundation Model Technology Leverages NASA Earth Science Data for Geospatial Intelligence IBM and NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center announce a collaboration to use IBM’s AI technology to discover new...
Morgan Stanley Investment Management has announced the launch of an exchange-traded fund platform with the listing of six Calvert ETFs on NYSE Arca. The ETF product suite features Calvert Research...
Klépierre, the European leader in shopping malls, today unveiled its new CSR strategy, Act4Good™, featuring even more ambitious objectives and an expanded scope with new challenges. Developed with a committee...
The grant is the single largest donation the civil rights organization has received to date Wells Fargo announced a $50 million grant to support the nation’s largest civil rights and...
The Commission presents a Green Deal Industrial Plan to enhance the competitiveness of Europe’s net-zero industry and support the fast transition to climate neutrality. The Plan aims to provide a more supportive...
TotalEnergies has started up commercial operation of a 51-megawatt (MW) solar power plant located in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan. The plant, connected to the electricity distribution grid, will supply its...
Darling Ingredients Inc., and Valero Energy Corporation, announced that the companies have made the final investment decision on a Sustainable Aviation Fuel project at the Diamond Green Diesel Port Arthur plant, which...
Ingka Group, the owner of most IKEA stores globally, will take a 15% stake in a A$2 billion ($1.4 billion) wind farm in its first renewable-energy investment in Australia as...
Novata, a public benefit corporation backed by the Ford Foundation, Hamilton Lane, S&P Global and Omidyar Network, has announced that New York-based global private equity and venture capital firm Insight...
ESG and sustainability continue to remain top of mind for both business leaders and consumers. And survey research conducted by global strategy consultancy L.E.K. Consulting indicates both groups are committed...
AE Industrial Partners, LP, a U.S-based private equity firm specializing in aerospace, defense and government services, space, power and utility services, and specialty industrial markets, announced that Jennifer Essigs has...
Bloomberg announced that 484 companies are included in the 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI). The GEI serves as a touchstone for companies seeking to track their progress in gender inclusion...
Funding Supports 33 Carbon Management Projects to Ramp Up Efforts to Achieve Nationwide Goal of Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2050 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $131 million...
The company’s renewable energy portfolio now totals more than 20 GW and will generate enough clean energy to power 5.3 million homes in the U.S. Amazon’s renewable energy purchases last...
United, Tallgrass, and Green Plains will invest up to a combined $50 million in the joint venture – Blue Blade Energy – to develop the technology United has entered into an offtake...
UniCredit announced it is disclosing 2030 targets for the three most carbon intensive sectors within its portfolio which include Oil & Gas, Power Generation and Automotive sectors, to reach its...
The SEFA grant will support the creation of an enabling environment for Electric vehicles (EVs), the design of EV business models and guidelines for the public and private sector The...
Partnership to strengthen Plug’s supply chain and help meet growing demand for fuel cells and electrolysers Plug Power, a leading provider of turnkey hydrogen solutions for the global green hydrogen...
Germany on Monday pledged 200 million euros ($217 million) to help Brazil defend the Amazon rainforest, a global ecosystem devastated during years of rule under former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro....
Climate change is the biggest challenge of our time and the single greatest threat to a sustainable future. Increased human-induced emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases are altering the Earth’s climate,...
Skyline Clean Energy Fund (SCEF), a Guelph, Ontario-based equity growth fund investing in clean energy assets, is reporting several landmark achievements in 2022 and is looking to capitalize on further...
The Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed amendments to its ethics rules to strengthen and modernize its ethics compliance program. The amendments would add new requirements and prohibitions to the...
The Singapore-based grocery retailer, which runs an island-wide network of more than 100 supermarket stores has named Chan Tee Seng, former chief of its food services business, to the new role....
Cepsa and EDP have signed an agreement to work together on large-scale green hydrogen production in the Bay of Algeciras. Under this partnership, EDP, a leader in renewable energies through...
ExxonMobil announced the next step in the development of the world’s largest low-carbon hydrogen production facility with a contract award for front-end engineering and design (FEED). A final investment decision...
The Un-carrier becomes the first in U.S. wireless to set target to achieve net-zero emissions across its entire carbon footprint by 2040; also signs onto The Climate Pledge to reinforce...
As Team Europe, the EU and its Member States will invest more than €280 million in grants in South Africa, including €87.75 million from the EU budget, to support policy...
The OPEC Fund for International Development, a multilateral development finance institution headquartered in Vienna, Austria, committed US$1.5 billion in financing to 41 projects last year, supporting partner countries worldwide to...
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today presents its plan to create value with sustainable impact based on focused organic growth and scalable innovation, with improved...
Jan 2023 Week-4; Eni doubles sustainability-linked bond offering to €2 billion; OPEC Fund supports Panama’s climate change policy; NEXT Energy Technologies installs energy-generating windows at Patagonia’s headquarters; India identifies $4.92 billion to be funded...
Sustainable sourcing — the integration of social, ethical, and environmental performance factors into the process of selecting suppliers and platforms — is fast becoming part of the ethos of corporations...
Equinor and bp jointly bid into New York’s third offshore wind solicitation (NY3), building on their strong commitment to deliver renewable energy for New Yorkers, create sustainable jobs, boost the...
DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has successfully implemented sustainable logistics solutions for its customer Grundfos. Since one year DHL supports the...
GE announced that it has submitted a plan to construct two new manufacturing facilities in New York if it wins a sufficient volume of orders from customers in the State’s...
Invest.Green has announced the launch of a new, Invitation-Only Membership Program designed to connect companies to current and potential investors with respect to environmental issues and information. There is growing...
Funding Will Reduce Costs and Improve the Performance of Critical Hydrogen Infrastructure and Fuel Cell Technologies, Support DOE’s Hydrogen Shot The Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE),...
Boston Metal, a company developing technology to fully decarbonize steel production, announced the $120 million first close of Series C fundraising led by multinational steel company, ArcelorMittal S.A.. Microsoft’s Climate...
BuildESG, the leading ESG insights platform and trusted ESG partner, has launched an Asset Manager benchmarking and framework solution to allow its members to efficiently assess and effectively manage their...
Celebrated Finance and Investment Banking Leader Joins All-Star Leadership Team Valerie Red-Horse Mohl, a groundbreaking Wall Street leader and long-time ethical investing advocate, has been named President of Known Holdings, a...
CheckSammy, the world’s largest bulk/junk recycler and sustainability operator, is broadening its sustainability offerings with the CheckSammy Carbon Offset Marketplace. Increasing global regulations point to the need for companies to more...
Women Business Collaborative (WBC) releases the WBC DEI Snapshot with the help of University of New Haven Pompea College of Business (UNH) and Gender Fair. This major study evaluates public DEI information from 553...
Warner Music Group (Nasdaq: WMG) today released its 2022 Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) report. Last year, WMG became the first major music company to release a standalone ESG report, beginning to translate...
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Appalachian Regional Commission are also part of the initial $19 million regional investment initiative. UnitedHealth Group has committed $10 million as a lead investor...
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced earlier this weel the immediate availability of $29.4 million in “quick release” Emergency Relief (ER) funds for use by the...
ExxonMobil announced its majority-owned affiliate, Imperial Oil Ltd, will invest about $560 million to move forward with construction of the largest renewable diesel facility in Canada. The project at Imperial’s...
Two leading energy groups, RWE and PPC, have joined forces to help accelerate the Greek energy transition. Through their joint venture company Meton Energy S.A., RWE Renewables (51%) and PPC...
17 Projects Will Boost Production of Biofuels for Consumer and Freight Transportation in America, Support President Biden’s Decarbonization and Climate Agenda The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $118 million...
On Wednesday January 26, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed a rule to implement Section 27B of the Securities Act of 1933, a provision added by Section 621 of...
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Greek authorities have announced €900 million in new financing agreements that will support priority investments in high-impact, large scale projects across the country,...
Qcells seeks to supply more than 2.5 gigawatts of solar panels and EPC services to solar project developers in partnership with Microsoft The first-of-its-kind collaboration is rooted in the companies’...
AlphaStruxure, a leader in Energy as a Service (EaaS) solutions, announced an agreement to design, construct, and operate integrated microgrid infrastructure at the New Terminal One (NTO) at John F....
Most business leaders (76%) in major industries doubt their peers’ Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) reporting, according to a new study by Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite...
Fashion-Enter Ltd (FEL) is delighted to announce a collaborative partnership with the Fashion Impact Fund to provide practical skills development in sewing and upcycling for the fashion and textiles sector....
The first carbon neutral liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo using the emissions monitoring and verification framework set up in 2021 by an international industry body has been delivered to Taiwan....
Ghana has become the second country in Africa after Mozambique to receive payments from a World Bank trust fund for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, commonly known as REDD+. The...
BNP Paribas has already made a major pivot towards financing low-carbon energy production. Building on expertise developed by its Low-Carbon Transition Group, BNP Paribas is embarking on a new phase...
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a €150 million loan to Österreichische Hotel- und Tourismusbank (ÖHT). It will be paid out in several tranches and go towards supporting small and...
responsAbility Investments AG is pleased to announce the closings of its second private equity growth strategy in Asia and its first mezzanine financing strategy in Latin America. These strategies leverage...
Mitsubishi Corp has agreed with Exxon Mobil Corp and Japan’s biggest steelmaker Nippon Steel Corp to consider a carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) project, a spokesperson at the trading house said...
Company will receive $197 million federal grant through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for investment in cathode active material manufacturing facility in St. Louis ICL, a leading global specialty minerals company,...
Committed to becoming a more sustainable healthcare partner, the company makes meaningful progress in key ESG areas Cardinal Health published its Fiscal 2022 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report, which...
The companies will identify opportunities for the reduction of greenhouse gas and methane gas emissions and will define energy efficiency initiatives, renewable energy developments, green hydrogen projects and carbon dioxide...
Blue Star Foods Corp., (NASDAQ: BSFC), an integrated Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) sustainable seafood company with a focus on Recirculatory Aquaculture Systems (RAS), is announces the release of its new ESG report...
Ceres, in collaboration with the ESG Initiative and Wharton Climate Center at the Wharton School, released a report today that finds U.S. climate-related disaster insurance is often inaccessible, unaffordable, or...
A new publication from the Black Directors Health Equity Agenda is a playbook to lead environmental, social and governance action in organizations committed to health and wellness. “Health Equity’s Essential...
Milltrust Ventures, the venture investment arm of Milltrust International, an award-winning investment organization co-headquartered in London and Singapore, today announces the launch of the Smart Protein Fund, in partnership with Earth First...
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an award of more than $28 million to joint whistleblowers who provided critical information and assistance in an SEC enforcement action. The joint...
VINCI Concessions, a global player in transport infrastructure development and management, has announced the completion of a €15 million investment in Hype, the developer behind France’s first integrated hydrogen mobility platform...
Shareholder resolutions filed by New York City’s top pension official will ask top Wall Street banks including JPMorgan Chase & Co and Bank of America to set stricter 2030 greenhouse gas emissions...
Portugal has signed an agreement to swap Cape Verde’s debt for investments in an environmental and climate fund that is being established by the archipelago nation off West Africa’s coast,...
The European Investment Bank and Cassa Depositi e Prestiti have signed a new €200 million agreement to stimulate the investments of local authorities and public sector entities across Italy, aiming to...
The Indian government expects to issue its first green bonds at a ‘greenium,’ with yields below prevailing market rates, and has identified 400 billion rupees ($4.92 billion) in projects that...
The European Central Bank has published a first set of climate-related statistical indicators to better assess the impact of climate-related risks on the financial sector and to monitor the development of...
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against Bloomberg Finance L.P. (Bloomberg) for misleading disclosures relating to its paid subscription service, BVAL, which provides daily price valuations for...
Legence, a Blackstone company and the world’s first Energy Transition Accelerator, announced today three key acquisitions in the Western United States to provide deep and localized expertise in decarbonizing the...
Hire represents BPM’s commitment to supporting clients’ ESG journeys BPM LLP, one of the 40 largest public accounting and advisory firms in the country, announces the addition of Tiffany Huey as Senior...
This demonstration marks the first installation of NEXT’s photovoltaic window technology on a building NEXT Energy Technologies has installed windows that are generating solar power at Patagonia’s corporate headquarters, marking...
The first charging corridor for medium and heavy-duty electric trucks (E-Trucks) in Europe has been announced by bp pulse. Six public charging locations with ultra-fast 300kw charge points aimed at...
Leverages innovative index methodology from Carbon Neutral Investment Company Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., a leading global provider of data, technology and market infrastructure, announced the launch of the first carbon-neutral U.S. electricity...
The OPEC Fund for International Development is providing a US$120 million loan to Panama to support the country’s climate action, adaptation, resilience and mitigation policies. The “Panama Support Program for...
The UK government is close to agreeing a £300 million ($372 million) package to help British Steel cut its carbon emissions and prevent thousands of job losses. The funds would...
Eni S.p.A. announces that the gross annual nominal interest rate of its first sustainability-linked bond dedicated to public in Italy has been set at 4.30%. The offer of the Bond,...
U.S. Bank announces the hire of Guillaume Mascotto as the company’s head of Sustainable Finance. In this new leadership role, Mascotto will build and lead a new team focused on...
The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting was held on January 16 in Davos, Switzerland. With its sessions offline, Winter Davos can be a hallmark of the world emerging from the shadow of the...
Vice President Kamala Harris and Federal officials joined with Arizona and California leaders, members of Lotus Infrastructure Partners, the California Independent Systems Operator (CAISO) and other dignitaries yesterday, January 19, 2023, to commemorate the groundbreaking of Ten...
The SDG Lounge, organized by PVBLIC Foundation in cooperation with public-private stakeholders, has established a reputation for hosting high-level events on the margins of global forums that catalyze meaningful momentum...
Defendant, who was arrested and jailed in a federal prison in Puerto Rico, is awaiting transport to NYC on parallel criminal charges The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Avraham...
Jan 2023 Week-3; WEF launches initiative to unlock $3 trillion for climate and nature; UNEP & S&P launch nature risk profile methodology; Fidelity pledges $250 million to support minority students;...
Five New ETFs Expand Putnam’s Offerings Across Asset Classes Putnam Investments announced that it has officially launched five new transparent, actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that begin trading today on the...
In order to reach 2050 emissions reduction targets, trillions of dollars in public and private capital are needed to adopt and scale green energy technologies, financial experts told participants at...
Recent economic signals have given experts reasons for hope, if not complacency about the outlook for 2023. Signs of declining inflation, resilient consumer spending and strong labour markets, among others,...
“FUREC is a prime example of the circular economy at its best, using waste to produce hydrogen. The funding commitment from the EU Innovation Fund proves us right and underlines...
Samsung Electronics has announced its new environmental strategy, a comprehensive effort to join the global movement to tackle climate change. At the heart of the new commitment is achieving net zero...
India’s market regulator will adopt a principles-based, rather than prescriptive, approach in its first set of rules, expected over the next few months, for rating a company on ESG issues,...
The European Commission, EU Member States, and 26 partners countries will launch “The Coalition of Trade Ministers on Climate”, the first Ministerial-level global forum dedicated to trade and climate and...
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced expanded efforts to reduce wildfire risk across the western U.S. These investments, made possible through President Biden’s landmark Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA),...
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