ESG Today: Week in Review

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. More news: Energize Capital raises $430 million for new climate solutions venture fund; BlackRock escapes Texas’ anti-ESG divestment list; Oxford launches new sustainability reporting course for finance, accounting execs; survey finds investors are quietly sticking with sustainable investment approaches; Schneider Electric’s new Chief Sustainability Officer; Nippon Steel commits $6 billion to green steel transition; Meta deal extends life of major nuclear project by 20 years; DuPont hits new clean energy milestone; Trump admin blocks use of 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. More factors in pension investment, cancels $3.7 billion in clean energy awards; new supply chain decarbonization solutions partnership by Bain, Terralytic; capital raises for carbon removal, fusion energy tech; sustainable aviation fuel production to double this year, and more.

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your 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. More news at 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. More Today:

Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements

Nippon Steel to Invest $6 Billion to Decarbonize Steelmaking

Infosys Sets New Goal to Remove More Carbon than it Emits by 2030

Honeywell, Johnson Matthey, GIDARA and Samsung Launch Alliance to Accelerate, Reduce Cost of SAF Production

DuPont Reaches 100% Renewable Electricity Across Europe

Meta Signs Deal to Extend Life of Nuclear Plant for 20 Years to Power AI Growth

Global Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production to Double in 2025, IATA Says

TotalEnergies Acquires 435 MW UK Renewables Portfolio from Low Carbon

Government & Regulators

Trump Administration to Overturn Rule Allowing Retirement Plans to Consider ESG Factors

Trump Administration Cancels $3.7 Billion Awards for Clean Energy Projects

ESG Reporting

Oxford, AICPA & CIMA Launch New Sustainability Reporting Course for Finance, Accounting Professionals

ESG Services and Tools

Bain, Terralytiq Partner to Provide Supply Chain Decarbonization Solutions

Sustainable Finance

Blended Finance Initiative SCALED to Launch Platform for Private Capital in Emerging Markets

IFC Invests $100 Million in TPG’s Global South-focused Climate Solutions Strategy

Private Equity & Venture Capital

Macquarie, BCI Acquire Waste-to-Product Recycling Company Renewi

Direct Air Capture Startup Aircapture Raises $50 Million to Remove and Re-use CO2 at Industrial Sites

Google Backs TAE Technologies to Help Commercialize Fusion Energy

TPG Acquires Energy Software and Data Analytics Platform Aurora

Energize Capital Raises $430 Million for Climate Solutions Venture Fund

Sustainable Investing

Vast Majority of Investors Sticking with Sustainable Investing, But Quietly, BNP Paribas Survey Finds

BlackRock Removed from Texas Boycott List After Leaving Climate Groups

STOXX, ICE Launch New Suite of Paris Agreement-Aligned Fixed Income Climate Indices

Exec Moves

Schneider Electric Appoints Esther Finidori as New Chief Sustainability Officer

T. Rowe Price Appoints Matt Lawton as Head of Impact Fixed Income