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HSBC Buys Biomass-Based Sustainable Aviation Fuel in Deal with Cathay Pacific, EcoCeres

HSBC Buys Biomass-Based Sustainable Aviation Fuel in Deal with Cathay Pacific, EcoCeres

November 22, 2024

Societe Generale Targets €500 Billion of Sustainable Finance by 2030

Societe Generale Targets €500 Billion of Sustainable Finance by 2030

November 22, 2024

EU Commission Estimates Green Bond Investments to Reduce Emissions by 55 Million Tons per Year

EU Commission Estimates Green Bond Investments to Reduce Emissions by 55 Million Tons per Year

November 21, 2024

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners Appoints Hilkka Komulainen as Global Head of Sustainability and Impact

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners Appoints Hilkka Komulainen as Global Head of Sustainability and Impact

November 21, 2024

ISS ESG Launches Customizable Portfolio Climate Impact Reporting Solution for Investors

ISS ESG Launches Customizable Portfolio Climate Impact Reporting Solution for Investors

November 21, 2024

Companies

UK Regulator Drops Green Claims Investigation into Unilever Following Changes by Company

Companies/ Regulators

UK Regulator Drops Green Claims Investigation into Unilever Following Changes by Company

November 7, 2024

H&M Signs Solar PPA Enabling New Renewable Energy Construction in Texas

Companies/ Energy Transition

H&M Signs Solar PPA Enabling New Renewable Energy Construction in Texas

November 6, 2024

Los Angeles County Sues Coca-Cola and PepsiCo Over Plastic Pollution, Recyclability Claims

Companies/ Environment/ Government

Los Angeles County Sues Coca-Cola and PepsiCo Over Plastic Pollution, Recyclability Claims

November 6, 2024

ESG Tools , Services

Law Firms, Legal Departments Upskilling Lawyers to Meet Growing Demand for ESG Expertise: Wolters Kluwer Survey

ESG Tools, Services/ Reports, Studies

Law Firms, Legal Departments Upskilling Lawyers to Meet Growing Demand for ESG Expertise: Wolters Kluwer Survey

October 31, 2024

LRQA Acquires Human Rights Advisory Ergon Associates to Strengthen ESG Capabilities

ESG Tools, Services/ M&A/ Social

LRQA Acquires Human Rights Advisory Ergon Associates to Strengthen ESG Capabilities

October 29, 2024

Bureau Veritas Acquires Aligned Incentives to Bolster Scope 3, Product Carbon Footprint Capabilities

ESG Reporting/ ESG Tools, Services/ M&A

Bureau Veritas Acquires Aligned Incentives to Bolster Scope 3, Product Carbon Footprint Capabilities

October 29, 2024

ESG Reporting

Over Half of CFOs Fear Greenwashing Risk as Sustainability Data Problems Persist: EY Survey

ESG Reporting/ Reports, Studies

Over Half of CFOs Fear Greenwashing Risk as Sustainability Data Problems Persist: EY Survey

October 30, 2024

Bureau Veritas Acquires Aligned Incentives to Bolster Scope 3, Product Carbon Footprint Capabilities

ESG Reporting/ ESG Tools, Services/ M&A

Bureau Veritas Acquires Aligned Incentives to Bolster Scope 3, Product Carbon Footprint Capabilities

October 29, 2024

ESMA to Focus Enforcement Actions on CSRD’s Double Materiality, Sustainability Statement Compliance

ESG Reporting/ Regulators

ESMA to Focus Enforcement Actions on CSRD’s Double Materiality, Sustainability Statement Compliance

October 29, 2024

Regulators

SEC Fines Keurig $1.5 Million over Coffee Pod Recyclability Claims

Companies/ Regulators

SEC Fines Keurig $1.5 Million over Coffee Pod Recyclability Claims

September 12, 2024

EPA Releases New Standards and Labels Recommendations to Identify Sustainable Products

Environment/ Government/ Regulators

EPA Releases New Standards and Labels Recommendations to Identify Sustainable Products

September 11, 2024

FCA Delays Implementation of SDR Sustainable Fund Labeling Rules to April 2025

ESG Reporting/ Investors/ Regulators

FCA Delays Implementation of SDR Sustainable Fund Labeling Rules to April 2025

September 9, 2024

Guest Posts

Guest Post – Mixed Messages: Making Sense of Today’s Proxy Landscape

Guest Posts/ Investors

Guest Post – Mixed Messages: Making Sense of Today’s Proxy Landscape

July 11, 2024

By: Jamie C. Smith, EY Americas Center for Board Matters […]

Guest Post – When Companies Go Quiet: Exploring the rise of Greenhushing

Companies/ Guest Posts/ Investors

Guest Post – When Companies Go Quiet: Exploring the rise of Greenhushing

July 10, 2024

By: Priyanka Bawa, Senior Analyst in the Verdantix ESG & […]

Guest Post – Decarbonising Metals: Pressing Issues Persist but Financial Strength Mitigates Credit Risk

Companies/ Environment/ Guest Posts

Guest Post – Decarbonising Metals: Pressing Issues Persist but Financial Strength Mitigates Credit Risk

July 8, 2024

Steel and aluminium producers are among the largest carbon emitters […]

Investors

Vanguard Gives Investors Option to Avoid Voting for ESG Issues

Vanguard Gives Investors Option to Avoid Voting for ESG Issues

Mirova Wins Mandate to Manage New €100 Million Biodiversity Fund

Environment/ Investors/ New funds & products

Mirova Wins Mandate to Manage New €100 Million Biodiversity Fund

October 22, 2024

SEC Fines WisdomTree $4 Million for Investing in Fossil Fuels and Tobacco in ESG Funds

Investors/ Regulators

SEC Fines WisdomTree $4 Million for Investing in Fossil Fuels and Tobacco in ESG Funds

October 22, 2024

CalSTRS Awards $150 Million Mandate to Ninety One’s Decarbonization Opportunities-Focused Strategy

CalSTRS Awards $150 Million Mandate to Ninety One’s Decarbonization Opportunities-Focused Strategy

October 16, 2024

Executive Moves

DBS Appoints Shilpa Gulrajani as Head of Sustainable Finance for Institutional Banking

DBS Appoints Shilpa Gulrajani as Head of Sustainable Finance for Institutional Banking

GIB Asset Management Appoints Victoria Barron as Chief Sustainability Officer

Executive Moves/ Investors

GIB Asset Management Appoints Victoria Barron as Chief Sustainability Officer

August 5, 2024

L Catterton Appoints Ralph Lauren Sustainability Chief Devon Leahy as Global Head of Sustainability

Executive Moves/ Investors

L Catterton Appoints Ralph Lauren Sustainability Chief Devon Leahy as Global Head of Sustainability

July 29, 2024

JPMorgan Promotes Chuka Umunna to Co-lead Global ESG Investment Banking

Executive Moves/ Sustainable Finance

JPMorgan Promotes Chuka Umunna to Co-lead Global ESG Investment Banking

July 29, 2024

Energy transition

Ahold Delhaize Signs Renewable Energy Deal Covering 30% of its European Electricity Needs

Ahold Delhaize Signs Renewable Energy Deal Covering 30% of its European Electricity Needs

EU Insurance Regulator Calls for Higher Capital Requirements for Fossil Fuel Assets Due to Transition Risk

Energy Transition/ Regulators/ Sustainable Finance

EU Insurance Regulator Calls for Higher Capital Requirements for Fossil Fuel Assets Due to Transition Risk

November 7, 2024

H&M Signs Solar PPA Enabling New Renewable Energy Construction in Texas

Companies/ Energy Transition

H&M Signs Solar PPA Enabling New Renewable Energy Construction in Texas

November 6, 2024

Electric Aircraft Company BETA Technologies Raises $318 Million

Energy Transition/ Private Equity & Venture Capital

Electric Aircraft Company BETA Technologies Raises $318 Million

November 6, 2024

Private equity

General Galactic Raises $8 Million to Turn CO2 into Clean Fuel

General Galactic Raises $8 Million to Turn CO2 into Clean Fuel

Carbon Ridge Raises $9.5 Million to Advance Maritime Shipping Decarbonization Technology

Environment/ Private Equity & Venture Capital

Carbon Ridge Raises $9.5 Million to Advance Maritime Shipping Decarbonization Technology

October 25, 2024

KKR Acquires $3.2 Billion Stake in Eni’s Sustainable Mobility Business

Companies/ Energy Transition/ Private Equity & Venture Capital

KKR Acquires $3.2 Billion Stake in Eni’s Sustainable Mobility Business

October 25, 2024

Redaptive Raises $100 Million to Scale Energy-Saving Decarbonization Solutions

Energy Transition/ Private Equity & Venture Capital

Redaptive Raises $100 Million to Scale Energy-Saving Decarbonization Solutions

October 22, 2024