Crédit Agricole CIB announced the launch of Smart Platform Assisted SustainablE (SPASE), a new AI-powered ESG-linked trade finance solution aimed at enabling companies to assess ESG performance across suppliers, products and trade flows. According to Crédit Agricole CIB, the new…
Climate research provider and environmental disclosure platform CDP announced the appointment of Beth Thoren as CEO of the CDP Foundation, the new charitable foundation focused on driving strategic principles for environmental disclosure. The appointment follows the announcement last month of a major restructuring of CDP,…
Danish development finance institution Impact Fund Denmark announced the final close of SDG Fund II, securing DKK 5 billion (USD$760 million) in commitments for its blended finance fund focused on backing private-sector businesses advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)…
Paris-based sustainable infrastructure investment firm RGREEN INVEST announced that it has raised nearly €500 million (USD$570 million) at the final close of Infrabridge IV fund, the fourth vintage of its infrastructure debt strategy focused on supporting the energy transition in…
Professional services firm PwC has appointed Lynne Baber as its new Global Sustainability Leader, leading the firm’s global sustainability strategy and sustainability practice. Baber will succeed Colm Kelly in the top sustainability role, following Kelly’s retirement from PwC after serving…
Google revealed that it achieved a 2% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions in 2025, despite experiencing a 37% increase in electricity consumption, with the company crediting its massive clean energy purchase program as a key factor…
Alternative asset manager KKR announced the acquisition of EDF Group’s U.S. and Canadian power solutions businesses, in a transaction valued at $4.2 billion, with potential additional payments of up to $390 million, marking KKR’s largest individual investment to date in…
Guest post by: Daniel Pike, Principal, RMI’s CDR Initiative Unless we do something about it, the world won’t be free of climate risk, even in the best-case scenarios of decarbonization: we’ve simply built up too much carbon in our atmosphere.…
The European Council announced the adoption by EU Member States of a new regulation introducing circularity requirements for vehicles across their lifecycle, including recycled content in design, making vehicles easier to dismantle, repair, reuse and recycle, and making carmakers responsible…
New Zealand’s External Reporting Board (XRB) announced the launch of a new consultation into a proposal to adopt a new climate reporting standard based on the IFRS Foundation’s IFRS S2 as the basis for its climate disclosure regime, although the…