Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, GIC, has appointed De Rui Wong as its new Head of Sustainability, leading the firm’s Sustainability Office, which conducts sustainability-related investment research and develop investment strategy solutions to address sustainability issues that have significant impact on…
Microsoft and clean energy company Qcells announced a significant expansion of their alliance, currently focused on solar panels, to the exploration of new approaches to address the key challenge of adding massive compute capacity required to support AI, without shifting…
New legislation aimed at preventing civil lawsuits against companies over the environmental harm caused by their greenhouse gas emissions passed the final reading in the New Zealand Parliament, in a move criticized by environmental groups, but described by Justice Minister…
Germany-based sustainability software company osapiens announced Wednesday the acquisition of capital markets technology and exchange company Nasdaq’s sustainability reporting and carbon accounting software platform Nasdaq Metrio, and its customers. Launched in 2023 by Nasdaq following its acquisition of ESG reporting software provider…
Middle East, North Africa, Türkiye and South Asia-focused banking group Emirates NBD announced the release of its inaugural Transition Finance Framework, underpinning its commitment to mobilize $30 billion of sustainable and transition finance by 2030 by providing clear guidelines for…
China-based energy solutions company CATL announced it has reached certification of all 20 of its battery plants as carbon neutral, achieving its key climate target of carbon neutrality across core operations by 2025 on schedule. The company also unveiled its…
The IFRS Foundation announced the approval of new five-year operating and financing plans for its sustainability reporting and accounting standards boards, the ISSB and IASB, respectively, with the ISSB plan setting out the transition of the board’s funding structure from…
Specialist impact investor Blue Earth Capital announced that it has raised over $200 million in investor commitments at the second close of its impact secondaries strategy, the firm’s first fund dedicated to secondary transactions. Founded in 2021, Switzerland-based Blue Earth…
Carbon credit procurement platform Senken announced today that it has signed a multi-year carbon removal offtake agreement with CO2 removal technology company Carbonsate, covering 50,000 tons of permanent carbon removal, marking the largest biomass storage deal signed in Europe to…
Venture capital collaboration the All Aboard Coalition announced the final close of its inaugural All Aboard Fund, raising $133 million to mobilize capital behind the commercial scale-up of critical climate technologies. Launched in 2025 by a group of 14 venture…