Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance announced the completion of a new green bond offering, raising €8 billion to finance projects with a positive environmental impacts, in areas including renewable energy, energy efficiency and clean transport. The ministry reported strong…
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) announced plans to expand its sector standards with the development of a new standard designed to enable food and beverage companies to report on relevant impacts in their industries and value chains. The new planned…
Netherlands-based insurance group Achmea’s investment unit, Achmea Investment Management, and asset manager ILX Management announced a partnership aimed at providing an emerging markets debt impact vehicle for Dutch pension funds. According to the companies, the new platform is being proposed…
Fuel cell technology startup Reverion announced today that it has raised $175 in a Series B funding round, with proceeds aimed at significantly scaling up production of its power plants, capable of generating carbon negative energy to power industrial sites…
The International Organization for Standardization’s (ISO) long-awaited proposed net zero standard, ISO 14040, failed to pass a vote by member organizations required to advance to become a final standard in its current form, ESG Today has confirmed, after receiving record feedback…
Gues post by: Scott Lane, Founder & CEO of Speeki Sustainability-linked executive pay became a phenomenon in the early 2020s. Fortune 500 companies made public commitments to their green goals, and whether they met them directly affected CEOs’ year-end bonuses.…