The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) announced today the launch of ISO/UNDP 53001, Management systems for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – Requirements, a new standard aimed at enabling organizations to integrate…
The EU’s new Directive on Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition, (ECGT) entered into application on Sunday, establishing a series of new rules aimed at protect consumers from deceptive sustainability-related marketing, cracking down on both unverified green claims and hidden…
This week in ESG news: EU publishes final revised sustainability reporting standards; Glass Lewis merges with Clarity AI to form unified stewardship and sustainability data platform; Bain survey finds rebounding consumer concern on sustainability, increasing sustainable consumption behavior; Schroders launches…
The governments of Germany, Austria and Luxembourg announced the launch of a new electricity-based Sustainable Aviation Fuel (eSAF) funding scheme, which will see the countries working together to introduce a new auction mechanism aimed at bringing together buyers and sellers…
The Government of Canada revealed on Thursday that it is exploring the development of a new framework which could allow Canadian companies to participate in international carbon markets, which it said could contribute billions of dollars to the Canadian economy…
Circular plastics cleantech startup MacroCycle Technologies and tech giant Meta announced a multi-year agreement under which Meta will purchase environmental attribute certificates (EACs) from plastic recycling, enabling the social media giant to target emissions from the plastics in its supply…
Germany-based sustainability software company osapiens and sustainability consulting firm ERM announced the creation of a new strategic alliance to provide a joint offering to North American clients combining osapiens’ AI platform and ERM’s advisory and delivery capabilities. According to osapiens,…
Global freight decarbonization and clean transportation initiatives Smart Freight Centre and Catalyst Mobility announced the facilitation of an order for 2,500 battery-electric Class 8 trucks for a coalition of major cargo-owning shippers. The transaction marks the largest electric truck order…
The government of Germany announced the release of its “Roadmap for Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels,” setting out the country’s strategy to end the use of coal, oil and natural gas by 2045 at the latest. With the release, Germany…
Energy technology venture capital firm Energy Revolution Ventures (ERV) announced the first close of ERV Fund II, its second fund focused on early-stage electrification technologies. ERV said that it is targeting $50 million for the new fund, which would surpass…