Hong Kong to Expand Sustainable Finance Taxonomy with New Climate Mitigation, Adaptation, Transition Activities

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), Hong Kong’s central banking institution, announced the release of its draft “Phase 2A” of the Hong Kong Taxonomy, with proposals to expand its sustainable finance and investment classification system to include a series of…

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Building an Audit-Ready GHG Inventory as Climate Disclosure Mandates Take Hold

Guest post by: Dan Krekelberg, director, Climate Strategy; Andrea Adams, director, GHG Verification and Tanya Peacock, managing director, California and Hydrogen, at EcoEngineers How SB 253 Is Reshaping the Way Companies Measure, Report, and Verify Emissions For years, greenhouse gas…

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Symrise Appoints Carolina Gioscio as New Chief Sustainability Officer

Fragrance, food and cosmetics ingredients producer Symrise announced the appointment of Carolina Gioscio as its new Chief Sustainability Officer. Gioscio takes on her new role leading Symrise’s “One Sustainability” team after more than 20 years at global chemicals company Evonik,…

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UK Proposes Major Overhaul of Corporate Sustainability Reporting Requirements

The UK government announced on Monday the launch of a major overhaul of its corporate reporting system, including significant potential changes to non-financial disclosure requirements by companies, such as proposals to remove mandatory reporting on issues including environmental impact, employee…

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Eurazeo-backed T1A Acquires Flex IT to Form €150 Million Circular IT Platform

Circular IT solutions provide T1A announced today the acquisition of sustainable hardware solutions provider Flex IT, in a transaction described by the companies as aimed at building a leading European circular IT platform, with revenues of approximately €150 million (USD$174…

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RECHARGEing Energy Storage Strategy

The energy storage industry is moving fast. What was once an emerging technology is now critical American energy infrastructure—supporting grid reliability, strengthening domestic supply chains, creating new investment opportunities, and helping meet rising electricity demand across the country. Energy storage…

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Cypress Creek Reveals Microsoft as Long-term Offtaker for New $180 Million Washington Solar Project

Renewables developer and power producer Cypress Creek Energy announced the commercial operation of its Ostrea Solar project, its new $180 million, 104 MWdc renewable energy facility in Yakima County, Washington. The company also revealed that Microsoft, headquartered in Redmond, Washington,…

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