This week in ESG news: China releases corporate climate reporting standard; Trump pulls U.S. out of major UN climate treaty; JPMorgan stops using proxy advisors for voting, using new AI platform instead; Philippines launches mandatory sustainability reporting standards; Standard Chartered raises €1 billion in inaugural green bond offering; Ørsted, Equinor sue Trump administration for halting near-complete, multi-billion dollar offshore wind projects; Meta signs deal to build up to 8 advanced nuclear reactors in U.S.; Amazon makes EcoVadis sustainability performance a searchable criteria for business buyers, and more.

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

Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements

Meta Signs Deal with Bill Gates’ TerraPower to Build up to 8 Advanced Nuclear Reactors in U.S.

Amazon Business Store Enables Sellers to Display EcoVadis Sustainability Performance

bp, Corteva Launch Biofuel Feedstock Platform

Microsoft, MISO Partner to Modernize Grid for Increased Demand from Data Centers, Electrification

Guest Post: In 2026, Resilience & Sustainability Are Non-Negotiable

Equinor Sues to Keep Building Empire Wind After Trump Order Halting $5 Billion Renewable Energy Project

Eni Spins Out Refineries Under Decarbonized Energy Strategy

Ørsted Challenges Trump Administration Order to Halt $5 Billion Offshore Wind Project Weeks Before Entering into Service

Government & Regulators

Trump Pulls U.S. Out of Major International Climate, Energy and Sustainable Development Organizations

Sustainability Reporting

Philippines Launches Mandatory IFRS-Based Sustainability Reporting Standards

China Releases Corporate Climate Reporting Standard

ESG Services and Tools

Diginex Acquires Supply Chain Human Rights Advisory Firm The Remedy Project

Sustainable Finance

Standard Chartered Issues €1 Billion Green Bond to Finance Clean Energy, Green Building Projects

Acumen Raises $250 Million to Bring Clean Energy Access to Underserved Markets

Sustainable Investing

JPMorgan Replaces Proxy Advisors with New Internal AI Platform

Private Equity & Venture Capital

Equitable Earth Raises $14.7 Million to Advance Certification Standard for Nature-Based Carbon Projects

Biographica Raises $9.4 Million to Design Climate-Resilient Crops with AI

Blackstone Acquires Environmental Compliance Services Provider Alliance Technical Group from Morgan Stanley

HASI, Sunrun Launch $500 Million JV to Finance and Build New Solar and Storage Residential Power Plants

TPG’s Impact Fund Acquires Majority Stake in Food Supply Chain Software Provider Trustwell

Exec Moves

Sustainability Investor Impax Hires Former HSBC AM UK CEO Stuart White

Impact Investing Advisory Human Planet Hires Sabrin Rahman to Lead MENA Expansion

HSBC Appoints Chaoni Huang as Head of Sustainable Finance and Transition for Asia