Tag: Decarbonization
In this week’s ESG News Week In Review, climate ambition and regulatory recalibration moved in parallel as governments, markets, and investors adjusted to the next phase of the transition. The EU...
• New Science Based Targets initiative pathways provide emissions cutting trajectories for ammonia, methanol, high-value chemicals and fertilizer-linked nitrous oxide.• The framework offers sector-specific guidance for companies representing the world’s...
In this week’s ESG News Week In Review, policy momentum and market signals shifted across every corner of the transition. The EU moved to delay and reassess its supply chain...
• Germany asks the European Commission to allow exemptions to the 2035 phaseout of new combustion-engine vehicles, citing competitiveness and employment concerns.• Berlin seeks flexibility for plug-in hybrids and highly...
• Sweden allocates $41 million in new state financing to Stegra, adding to a multi-year public support package for near-zero emissions steel.• The funding is expected to strengthen Stegra’s push...
• X-energy closes an oversubscribed $700 million Series D round to scale its Xe-100 SMR and TRISO-X fuel supply chain, backed by major institutional investors.• Funding supports a commercial pipeline...
• Air Liquide starts up a 30-ton-per-day ammonia-to-hydrogen cracking unit in Antwerp-Bruges, the first of its kind at industrial scale.• The technology strengthens the feasibility of long-distance hydrogen supply chains...
• Three new agreements position Tanmiah to build a Science Based Targets initiative pathway and accelerate supply-chain decarbonization in Saudi Arabia.• Strataphy will install the region’s first geothermal-cooled poultry operation...
When I logged into Zoom on Tuesday, I was expecting more clarity. Instead, a few minutes later, the Ninth Circuit Court issued an injunction in two short sentences, temporarily blocking...
• €300 million green loan will expand and automate Bahia’s power network, serving more than six million people.• The investment aligns with Brazil’s decarbonisation and energy-efficiency goals through 2030 and...
• AIIB to fund USD1 billion climate policy loan aligned with Brazil’s Ecological Transformation Plan.• Financing targets sustainable finance reforms, energy transition, and green infrastructure.• Initiative supports Brazil’s carbon market...
Science-based carbon management firm Carbon Direct has acquired climate technology company Pachama, in a move set to reshape how nature-based carbon projects are verified and scaled. The deal brings together...
• ClimeCo and Covestro surpass 10 million verified carbon credits through nitrous oxide abatement in Texas.• Equivalent to removing 2.3 million gas-powered cars from the road for one year.• One...
Discover how CarbonCure is revolutionizing concrete production with groundbreaking CO₂ utilization technology. In this exclusive ESG News interview, CarbonCure CEO Kristal Kaye sits down with ESG News CEO & Editor-in-Chief...
The global banking group HSBC Holdings plc has published an updated Net Zero Transition Plan (NZTP), reaffirming its objective to become a net zero bank by 2050. Yet the move...
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