This week in ESGEnvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are a set of standards for a company’s operations that socially conscious investors use to screen potential investments. news: Texas sues BlackRock, Vanguard, State Street over ESGEnvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are a set of standards for a company’s operations that socially conscious investors use to screen potential investments. investing; Coca-Cola waters down sustainability goals; EU rejects move to ease rules banning deforestation-linked products; Meta looks for nuclear energy to decarbonize AI buildout; more than half of companies required to report under CSRD not “fully confident” in ability to do so, PwC finds; new low-carbon transition funds launched by BNP Paribas, EQT; Mirova launches impact-focused real assets investment platform; Morgan Stanley finds large majority of investors planning to increase sustainable investments; new sustainability data and reporting solutions from Normative, Speeki; capital raises for direct air carbon capture, battery software, clean fuels, carbon accounting solutions, and more.
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Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements
Meta Turns to Nuclear Energy to Decarbonize AI Buildout
TotalEnergies Acquires Renewable Energy Developer VSB for $1.7 Billion
Coca-Cola Scales Back Sustainable Packaging, Agriculture Goals
ADNOC Launches $80 Billion Low Carbon Energy and Chemicals Investment Platform
Guest Post – Building Resilience and Growth: A CEO’s Guide to Sustainable Transformation
ESG Reporting
Government & Regulators
EU Lawmakers Reject Move to Ease Law Banning Deforestation-Linked Products
EU Commission Commits €4.6 Billion to Support Cleantech Projects
ESG Services and Tools
Normative Launches New CSRD Sustainability Reporting Offering
Speeki Launches New Carbon Data Collection and Reporting Solution
Guest Post: The Path to AI-Powered Sustainability and ESG Lies in Partner Ecosystems
Sustainable Finance
Thailand Issues Inaugural $865 Million Sustainability-Linked Bond
Private Equity & Venture Capital
Battery Tech Software Startup Zitara Raises $17 Million
Elyse Energy Raises $126 Million to Accelerate Sustainable Fuel Projects
Direct Air Capture Provider Heirloom Raises $150 Million to Scale Carbon Removal Technology
Carbon Management Software Provider carbmee Raises €20 Million
EQT, GIC Acquire Majority Stake in Energy Transition Infrastructure Provider Calisen
Sustainable Investing
80% of Investors Expect to Increase Sustainable Investments Over Next 2 Years: Morgan Stanley Survey
BNP Paribas AM Launches €750 Million Low Carbon Transition Infrastructure Fund
EQT Launches New Transition Infrastructure Strategy
Exec Moves
Carbon Accounting Software Provider Normative Appoints Sebastien Blanc as New CEO
Mirova Appoints Raphaël Lance as Head of New Real Assets Platform