UK Government Appoints Chris Stark to Lead Clean Energy Transition Team
UK’s newly appointed Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Ed Miliband, announced the launch of Mission Control for Clean Power 2030,...
GRESB Launches Transition Risk Analytics Solution for Asset Managers
Real estate and infrastructure-focused ESGEnvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are a set of standards for a company’s operations that socially conscious investors use...
Guest Post – When Companies Go Quiet: Exploring the rise of Greenhushing
By: Priyanka Bawa, Senior Analyst in the Verdantix ESG & Sustainability practice Despite more net zero targets being set than ever before, and more...
BlackRock Launches Decarbonization Voting and Engagement Policy for Climate-Focused Funds
Investment giant BlackRock unveiled its new “Climate and Decarbonization Stewardship Guidelines,” setting out separate engagement and voting policies for investors specifically focused on the...
GRI Launches New Service to Help Reporting Companies Comply with CSRD Sustainability Reporting Standards
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) announced today the launch of its new GRI-ESRS Linkage Service, aimed at enabling companies reporting under its disclosure standards...
Microsoft Signs Largest-Ever DAC Carbon Credit Purchase Agreement with Oxy’s 1PointFive
1PointFive, the Direct Air Capture (DAC)-focused subsidiary of energy giant Occidental (Oxy), announced today that it has signed an agreement with Microsoft to deliver...
Guest Post – Decarbonising Metals: Pressing Issues Persist but Financial Strength Mitigates Credit Risk
Steel and aluminium producers are among the largest carbon emitters globally. While they are well positioned to meet decarbonisation targets for this decade, technological...
Nuveen Raises $200 Million for Private Equity Impact Strategy
Investment manager Nuveen announced that it has raised commitments of approximately $200 million at the first close of its second global climate inclusion private...
ESMA Calls on Companies to Get Data Systems in Place to Meet New CSRD Sustainability Reporting Requirements
EU markets regulator the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) announced the issuance a Public Statement on the first application of the European Sustainability...
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...