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A World Bank report released November 7, 2025 found climate adaptation investments could generate 150 million new jobs globally by 2050, while unchecked impacts could cause 43 million job losses acros…
14 Nov 2025
A new UNDP climate dataset projected that 90% of assessed countries face substantial staple-crop yield declines, with low-HDI nations losing up to 30% by century's end under high-emissions scenarios. …
14 Nov 2025
The Bureau of Indian Standards released Draft Indian Standard EED 05 (24318) WC, providing a benchmarking framework for environmental monitoring services, open for comment until January 3, 2026. The s…
14 Nov 2025
Indonesia submitted its Second Nationally Determined Contribution to the UNFCCC, projecting emissions to peak by 2030 and fall to 1.26–1.49 GtCO2 by 2035. The shift to absolute emissions targets incre…
7 Nov 2025
HSBC has published its 2025 Net Zero Transition Plan, reinstating interim 2030 financed emissions reduction targets for key carbon-intensive sectors after suspending them earlier in the year, and reaf…
6 Nov 2025
Swedish engineering company SKF has launched the Global Patent Bay, a platform allowing companies and individuals to share patents freely to accelerate development of sustainable technologies, ahead o…
6 Nov 2025
The Earthshot Prize and venture capital firm 500 Global have announced a strategic partnership to identify, support and scale climate solutions in emerging markets, targeting rollout in the first half…
5 Nov 2025
Sustainability platform Sustaira has launched a new series of Industry-Specific Sustainability Suites, offering modular, AI-powered solutions tailored to the decarbonisation, climate risk and reportin…
5 Nov 2025
Sustainability software and advisory company Position Green has acquired Oslo-based Factlines, a supply chain transparency and human rights due diligence solutions provider, adding approximately 200 c…
4 Nov 2025
A guest commentary from the American Forest Foundation's executive vice president argues that companies should build diversified carbon credit portfolios—blending emissions reductions and removals, na…
4 Nov 2025
State Street Investment Management has withdrawn its US business from the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative while retaining membership for its European and UK entities, citing differing client demand…
3 Nov 2025
India's MoEFCC revised industrial green belt and green cover requirements through an Office Memorandum issued October 29, 2025, setting graded area mandates by pollution category. The new norms supers…
30 Oct 2025
On October 17, 2025, the MoEFCC substituted the schedules under the Air Act and Water Act to notify a revised list of 86 White Category industrial sectors, including certain Compressed Biogas plants. …
30 Oct 2025
Fidelity International has launched the Fidelity Global Equity Research Enhanced PAB UCITS ETF, its first equity fund in its Research Enhanced range to follow the Paris-Aligned Benchmark framework. Th…
30 Oct 2025
The Net Zero Asset Managers initiative has announced its return to active operations following a multi-month hiatus, but its revised commitment statement no longer contains references to achieving net…
30 Oct 2025
Impact data company Upright announced the launch of a free double materiality assessment tool that produces full CSRD-aligned assessments from a company URL in minutes, covering all 80-plus European S…
29 Oct 2025
Norges Bank Investment Management has released its 2030 Climate Action Plan, extending its engagement-led approach to portfolio decarbonisation through the end of the decade. The updated plan broadens…
29 Oct 2025
TotalEnergies issued a statement pushing back against greenwashing characterizations following a Paris court ruling that three paragraphs on its French subsidiary's customer website containing net zer…
27 Oct 2025
The IUCN World Conservation Congress concluded in Abu Dhabi, adopting a 20-year Strategic Vision, a four-year programme, 148 resolutions and the Ambitious Abu Dhabi Action Plan. The outcomes set the g…
26 Oct 2025
Google, infrastructure investor I Squared Capital, and portfolio company Low Carbon Infrastructure announced a partnership to develop Broadwing Energy, a natural gas power plant with over 400 MW of ge…
24 Oct 2025
The CPCB launched a mandatory physical verification drive for registered used-oil recyclers to validate EPR certificate generation and transfer under the 2023 Hazardous Waste amendment rules. Producer…
23 Oct 2025
A Paris court ruled that TotalEnergies committed deceptive commercial practices by making claims on its website about its ambition to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and its role as a major player i…
23 Oct 2025
Clean power startup Arbor Energy announced a $55 million Series A funding round to accelerate development of its supercritical CO2 turbine technology capable of delivering zero-emission baseload power…
23 Oct 2025
Energy technology company Schneider Electric announced the launch of SE Advisory Services, a new global consulting practice consolidating the company's sustainability, energy, and technology advisory …
23 Oct 2025
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