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A Market Reset After Years of Expansion Global corporate procurement of clean electricity slowed in 2025, ending eight consecutive years of growth as rising project costs, policy uncertainty and volatile...
Circularity is a topic growing in importance. It has been moving up the priority list for business leaders, regulators, and sustainability practitioners, primarily for its business value and material security,...
LanzaJet has secured $47 million in new capital through the first close of a broader $135 million equity raise, valuing the sustainable fuels developer at $650 million pre-money. The round...
Crewe Moves to Decarbonise Luxury Logistics Bentley Motors will use Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) for all customer car airfreight movements worldwide, a shift that takes effect immediately and targets one...
Exomad Green has appointed Daniel Sierra as Vice President of Policy, Strategy, and Market Outreach, reinforcing its focus on governance, market credibility, and global policy alignment as carbon removal markets...
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board has unveiled a 2026–2030 climate strategy that reframes how one of the world’s largest institutional investors intends to navigate the energy transition. The C$269 billion...
Verra has approved the first carbon credits issued under a digital monitoring, reporting, and verification (DMRV) pilot designed to enable high-frequency issuances. The initiative allows projects to receive credits monthly...
Industrial Decarbonisation Meets Strategic Security INEOS has secured €300 million ($325 million) in French government support to accelerate the regeneration and decarbonisation of its Lavera petrochemical complex, one of the...
By Jonathan Orchard in cooperation and edited by ESG News Editorial Team Why human health may be the most overlooked lever in ESG strategy Environmental, Social and Governance frameworks have...
Turning Sustainability Ambition Into Enterprise Execution EY has launched its Sustainable Operating Blueprint, a framework designed to help organizations embed sustainability into core strategy and operations rather than treating it...
At the India AI Summit, Google announced a collaboration with the Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA) to the Government of India, positioning climate technology at the center of...
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has constituted a working group to review the regulatory framework governing ESG Rating Providers (ERPs), responding to feedback from market participants and...
Microsoft announced it has met its 2025 renewable energy target, securing enough clean electricity to match 100% of power consumed by its datacenters, campuses and buildings worldwide. The milestone rests...
ClimeFi has launched its Due Diligence Coverage platform, granting qualified buyers access to executive summaries from its database of carbon removal project assessments. The move is designed to improve transparency...
Amazon is expanding its Sustainability Exchange to provide companies with new tools to reduce emissions beyond their direct operations, offering lower-carbon fuel inset credits and superpollutant refrigerant destruction credits to...
Lydian Energy has secured $689 million in financing to develop two utility scale solar projects and a major battery storage facility across the U.S. Southwest and Texas, expanding grid resilience...
The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) plans to raise approximately $100 million by 2028 to finance the digitisation of India’s electricity grids, Chief Executive Woochong Um said...
Neste and World Fuel Services have signed a five-year extension to their existing partnership, expanding the availability of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) across more than 100 airports in World Fuel’s...
British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, has surpassed its $1 billion climate finance commitment for India under its 2022–2026 strategy, confirming $1.1 billion deployed...
Absolute Climate has introduced a certification framework designed to translate the emissions benefits of low-carbon products into verified, tradable environmental claims. The pathway enables climate benefits embedded in materials such...
California Governor Gavin Newsom announced an expanded climate partnership with the United Kingdom during a diplomatic visit aimed at strengthening cooperation on clean energy, trade, and sustainable development. The trip...
Equinix has secured a 15-year virtual power purchase agreement with ENEOS Renewable Energy Corporation to source renewable electricity from the 121MW Sanda Mega Solar Power Plant in Hyogo Prefecture, reinforcing...
The International Organization for Standardization has released ISO 14092:2026 Climate Change Adaptation, a new international standard designed to help local governments, communities, and organizations plan and implement climate adaptation strategies...
Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has mandated carbon disclosure and offsetting requirements for non-bank financial institutions, marking a significant shift in how environmental risk is integrated into financial oversight. Decision...
Renewable energy developer Zelestra has begun construction of the 9.5 MWdc Bellomo agrivoltaic solar plant in Sicily, expanding its Italian footprint with a project designed to integrate clean power generation...
Governance Standards Shift Amid Political Pressure Goldman Sachs is preparing to remove diversity related criteria from the framework its board governance committee uses to evaluate potential directors, according to a...
As ESG commitments proliferate across global markets, water stewardship remains a critical blind spot. Carbon emissions are tracked with growing precision, yet corporate water performance is often disclosed through fragmented...
Bloomberg strengthens sustainable finance leadership Bloomberg has appointed Lauren Smart as Global Head of Sustainable Finance, elevating a senior sustainability data executive at a moment when climate risk, energy transition...
Mantle8, the deep-tech geoscience company advancing natural hydrogen exploration, has appointed Laurence Tiberghien-Portaz as Human Resources Director while opening a new office in Grenoble, reinforcing organisational capacity as the company...
The administration of President Donald Trump has repealed the scientific determination that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health and eliminated federal tailpipe emissions standards for cars and trucks, marking the...
Fortescue has begun commissioning two battery electric locomotives on its Pilbara rail network, marking a decisive step in decarbonising one of the world’s largest iron ore supply chains. Delivered by...
Leadership shift reflects rising ESG demands in private markets London based global asset manager Schroders has appointed Holly Turner as Head of Sustainable Investments at Schroders Capital, elevating a long...
London Rebalances Climate Commitments and Energy Security NatWest has softened key elements of its fossil fuel lending framework, reopening financing channels for parts of the oil and gas sector in...
Aviation’s Hard-to-Abate Emissions Drive Durable Removal Demand A new multi-year offtake agreement between Senken and Exomad Green will supply 105,000 tonnes of permanently removed carbon dioxide between 2026 and 2028,...
Brussels Backs Denmark’s Land-Use Climate Strategy The European Commission has approved a €1.04 billion ($1.12 billion) Danish state aid program designed to pay landowners to permanently remove agricultural and forestry...
In this week’s ESG News Week In Review, Europe advanced both ambition and enforcement as lawmakers approved a binding 90% emissions cut by 2040 while limiting carbon credit use and...
Commercial Fusion Moves From Lab Milestones to Market Strategy Fusion startup Inertia has secured $450 million in Series A funding to accelerate commercialization of inertial confinement fusion, positioning itself as...
London Pushes Aviation Beyond Mandate London’s Heathrow Airport is expanding its Sustainable Aviation Fuel incentive programme for a fifth consecutive year, setting a target that exceeds the UK government’s mandate...
Luxembourg Pushes SME Climate Financing Into Execution Phase European policymakers and financiers gathered at the EIB Group’s Green Gateway event to highlight the rapid expansion of the Energy Efficiency for...
SkyNRG has reached financial close on DSL-01, a greenfield Sustainable Aviation Fuel production facility at the Delfzijl chemical park, shifting the project from development into active construction after seven years...
HAMR Energy has secured AUD 10 million ($7 million) in Series A funding from aviation and industrial heavyweights Airbus, Qantas and thyssenkrupp Uhde, positioning the company to expand a pipeline...
A coalition of chemical producers, material innovators, and trading houses has launched what participants describe as the world’s first global supply chain dedicated to renewable plastics for high performance consumer...
Eclipse has secured a strategic partnership with BNP Paribas aimed at expanding battery energy storage across Europe, combining equity investment, structured finance, and energy trading capabilities to address rising power...
UK-based sustainability data platform Dcycle has announced the acquisition of Munich-based AI company ESG-X, a move that materially strengthens Dcycle’s position in the European ESG software landscape and marks its...
Capital Deployment Accelerates Energy Transition Strategy ContourGlobal has allocated roughly 60% of its $1.1 billion Green Bond proceeds toward renewable energy and storage assets, channeling $657 million into projects that...
Nordic Capital Targets Rural Climate Resilience The International Fund for Agricultural Development has raised 750 million Swedish kronor through a sustainable development bond arranged by SEB, expanding access to private...
Deutsche Bank has entered the European Green Bond market with a €500 million ($594 million) issuance tied directly to residential green building loans, positioning the bank at the intersection of...
Europe’s Climate Finance Strategy Deepens Through Banking Partnerships The European Investment Bank and BBVA have signed two agreements aimed at accelerating green lending and strengthening climate finance capabilities across Europe’s...
A Strategic Response To Escalating Physical Climate Risk As extreme weather intensifies across global markets, sustainability consultancy ERM and climate analytics firm Jupiter Intelligence have formed a partnership aimed at...
Renewable Infrastructure Returns To Public Markets U.S. solar and battery storage contractor SOLV Energy entered public markets with momentum on Wednesday, opening above its listing price and reaching a valuation...
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