Constellation Technology Ventures, the venture capital arm of U.S. nuclear power company Constellation Energy, announced a strategic equity investment in modular nuclear power plant developer Blue Energy. The investment marks the first for Constellation in a U.S. developer of small…
The European Commission announced the introduction of a new Electrification Action Plan, designed to tackle barriers to and incentivize the adoption of electrification for consumers and businesses, in a bid to cut the EU’s reliance on fossil fuels. As part…
Low-carbon cement materials developer NeoCem announced that it has raised €17 million (USD$19 million) in a new funding round from asset management company Crédit Mutuel Impact, with proceeds aimed at scaling the deployment of its low carbon cement technology. Cement…
Citigroup announced that its Citi Impact Fund will invest $25 million to support companies using technology to improve housing access, supply and affordability in communities across the U.S. Launched in 2020, the Citi Impact Fund invests in “double-bottom line” companies…
Taiwan’s Bureau of Labor Funds (BLF) announced that it has selected a group of asset managers for the award of USD$3 billion of mandates for passive overseas investment in global climate transition infrastructure. The five asset managers selected by BLF…
Spanish telecommunications company Telefónica announced the launch of its new “Global Sustainability Plan 2026–2030,” setting out a series of environmental, social and governance targets aimed at supporting growth, improving operational efficiency and strengthening risk management, including a new interim climate…
The government of Australia announced that it will strengthen its laws aimed at preventing modern slavery, including plans to make large companies criminally liable for failing to prevent modern slavery in their supply chains, unless they can prove they have…
Guest post by: Larissa Machiels, Head of Impact at Holtara Ask a general partner how ESG creates value, and the answer usually comes easily. Ask them to put a number on it, and the confidence tends to thin out fast.…
This week in ESG news: EU moves to relieve pressure of ETS carbon pricing system on industry; Deloitte launches new framework to measure value of sustainability investments; Google signs massive U.S. clean energy deal; Korea extends mandatory sustainability reporting to…
The European Commission announced the release of its highly-anticipated EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) review, proposing a series of changes to its main decarbonization policy, including measures to provide relief to industry by slowing the pace of emissions reduction mandated…