• Countries endorsed the Belém Health Action Plan, backed by USD 300 million in philanthropic funding to build climate-resilient health systems.• New education, justice and early-warning initiatives expanded COP30’s adaptation...
• Exclusive partnership aims to generate durable ERW-based carbon removal credits in Brazil, potentially removing hundreds of thousands of tonnes of CO2.• UNDO brings proprietary MRV systems, XPRIZE-winning technology, and...
• Stellantis calls for 2030 emissions targets for cars and vans to be met over a 2028–2032 compliance window, mirroring flexibility recently granted for 2025.• Proposal would reshape short-term EU...
• Alt Carbon issues Asia’s largest batch of verified Enhanced Weathering CDR credits to Japan’s MOL, eight months after signing a 10,000-tonne multi-year offtake deal.• Verification follows Isometric’s high-rigour Enhanced...
• $2 million seed round backs expansion of AI-powered ESG risk management across banks, asset managers, and corporates.• Early deployments with major financial institutions show material efficiency gains, including 38%...
• Negotiators enter the midpoint of COP30 with core issues split into separate tracks, raising questions over whether a unified deal can still emerge.• Indigenous leaders intensify pressure on Brazil’s...
• Rio Tinto commits more than A$35 million ( $22 Million ) to help advance Calix’s hydrogen-enabled Zesty steel technology in Western Australia.• The partnership supports a demonstration plant designed...
• Business groups petition the Supreme Court to pause California’s emissions and climate-risk disclosure mandates as lawsuits advance.• Two laws could require more than 6,000 companies operating in the state...
• DHL to deploy around EUR 1 billion ($1.16 billion) by 2030 to scale low-emission logistics infrastructure and EV-driven operations in India.• Investment accelerates India’s role as a global sustainability...
In this week’s ESG News Week In Review, the global sustainability landscape entered a phase of recalibration — not retreat — as governments, markets, and corporates aligned around a more...
• Forty-one percent of the world’s largest 2,000 companies now have value-chain net zero targets, reversing last year’s slowdown.• Companies are deploying a broader mix of decarbonization tools, with 13...
• EU Council authorises negotiations with the UK on a shared agri-food SPS area and linked carbon trading systems.• A joint ETS could unlock mutual exemptions from carbon border charges...
• Europe’s fashion sector needs an estimated €4.4 billion (US$5.09 billion) by 2030 to stay aligned with decarbonisation trajectories, exposing a growing financing gap for suppliers.• CHANEL, Kering, Moncler Group,...
A Day Shaped by People, Skills and Cultural Power Delegates closed day three of COP30 with a message that cut through the noise: the human dimension of climate action is...