The European Commission announced on Friday the adoption of the finalized revised European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) for companies covered by the EU’s mandatory Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and its voluntary reporting standard for smaller companies. The adoption of…
UK bank Lloyds Banking Group and regenerative agriculture company Wildfarmed announced the launch of the new Food & Nature Resilience Fund, designed to accelerate the transition farmland in the Uk to regenerative agriculture by supporting the adoption by farmers of…
Australia’s AnteoTech has launched a new cross-linker additive for use in primer coatings on copper foil anode and aluminium foil cathode current collectors in lithium-ion batteries. The company said its Anteo C product is a PFAS-free, water-based cross-linker that stabilizes…
Tech giant Amazon has signed a new power purchase agreement (PPA) to procure energy from IPP European Energy’s 220MWh Winton North solar-plus-storage project in northeast Victoria, Australia.
Zen Energy, a South Australian renewable energy company co-founded by economist Ross Garnaut, has appointed voluntary administrators after its retail business failed to secure a viable buyer.
Enertrag has signed long-term commercial agreements for a hybrid project combining a 44.5 MW solar plant with a 5 MW/10 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Brandenburg, Germany. Energy trader EDF Trading will purchase and market the solar output…
Renewables developer and operator CleanPeak Energy has signed a long-term electricity supply agreement that will ensure the new AUD 5.3 billion Western Sydney International Airport precinct will operate on 100% renewable electricity when passenger services begin later this year. With…
This week in ESG news: Google acknowledges moonshot climate goals “getting harder” to reach; Amazon signs 2 million ton nature-based carbon removal deal; EU regulators propose Taxonomy simplification measures; Companies still struggling to quantify impact of sustainability risks and opportunities;…
Many IEEE members who collect historical engineering artifacts often offer them to the IEEE History and Heritage group, which includes the IEEE History Center, to display. To bring these artifacts to the public, the group created the IEEE Global Museum,…
Saudi Power Procurement Co. said it has prequalified 27 developers and technology providers for the second group of battery energy storage system (BESS) projects. The total capacity across “Group 2” is 12,000 MWh. Twenty-seven companies qualified, spanning Chinese, European, Middle…