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Walmart announced that its suppliers have reported plans expected to exceed Project Gigaton's target of reducing, avoiding, or sequestering 1 billion metric tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions across p…
24 Feb 2024
Cleantech startup AtmosZero raised $21 million to commercialise Boiler 2.0, an electrified modular boiler that produces high-temperature steam with zero carbon emissions. With industrial steam account…
24 Feb 2024
The Environmental Defense Fund and Google partnered to combine EDF's MethaneSAT satellite, launched in March, with Google's AI and infrastructure-mapping expertise to map and trace methane emissions f…
22 Feb 2024
The California Energy Commission approved a plan to invest $1.9 billion through 2027 in zero-emission vehicle infrastructure, including EV charging and hydrogen refuelling networks. With transportatio…
21 Feb 2024
Microsoft introduced new data and AI solutions to its Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability platform, including a Copilot in Sustainability Manager and a generally available ESG value chain solution for …
14 Feb 2024
Barclays announced it will cease direct financing of new oil and gas projects and require energy sector clients to present transition plans or decarbonisation strategies by early next year, alongside …
9 Feb 2024
The U.S. Postal Service announced 2030 sustainability goals including a 40% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions and a 20% reduction in Scope 3 value chain emissions, alongside circular economy target…
8 Feb 2024
Sustainable investment manager Mirova raised $282 million in commitments for its Mirova Gigaton Fund, which finances clean energy in emerging markets including Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, …
3 Feb 2024
TotalEnergies and Air Liquide established TEAL Mobility, an equally owned joint venture to build a network of over 100 hydrogen stations along major European transport routes for heavy-duty trucks. Th…
1 Feb 2024
The IEA's Gas Market Report forecasts global gas demand will grow 2.5% in 2024, equivalent to 100 billion cubic meters, driven by colder weather, easing prices, and emerging economies. With supply exp…
27 Jan 2024
Solar developer Alight signed long-term power purchase agreements with H&M Group to build three ground-mounted solar parks totaling 23 MW in Sweden, expected to generate at least 24 GWh annually. The …
25 Jan 2024
H2 Green Steel signed definitive agreements for €4.2 billion in project financing and raised total funding to nearly €6.5 billion for the world's first large-scale green steel plant in Boden, Sweden. …
22 Jan 2024
Green materials startup Element Zero raised $10 million in seed funding led by Playground Global to scale an electrochemical process converting iron ore to pure metal with zero carbon emissions. The t…
22 Jan 2024
Denmark announced the Green Fuels Alliance India (GFAI), backed by nine Danish companies, to advance green fuels and green hydrogen collaboration between the two nations. The initiative directly suppo…
10 Jan 2024
Norway's state-owned Statkraft unveiled an investment program of up to €6 billion to upgrade hydropower and wind facilities and build new wind farms, more than doubling wind output and raising hydropo…
9 Jan 2024
Volvo Car Corporation signed a €420 million loan agreement with the European Investment Bank to develop a fully electric car platform and advance EV manufacturing research. The financing reflects how …
7 Jan 2024
Plug Power activated a one-megawatt PEM electrolyzer at an Amazon fulfilment center in Aurora, Colorado, producing on-site low-carbon hydrogen for over 225 fuel-cell forklift trucks. The deployment de…
6 Jan 2024
From January 3, 2024, Starbucks began allowing customers across the US and Canada to use personal cups for all orders, including drive-thru and mobile, advancing its goal to halve cup waste sent to la…
3 Jan 2024
Pattern Energy closed $11 billion in financing for SunZia Wind and Transmission, the largest clean energy infrastructure project in US history, pairing a 3,515 MW wind project with a 550-mile HVDC lin…
31 Dec 2023
JinkoSolar received SBTi approval for its subsidiary's near and long-term emissions targets, becoming the world's first photovoltaic company with validated net-zero targets. The milestone signals tigh…
30 Dec 2023
Canada unveiled its Electric Vehicle Availability Standard mandating 100% zero-emission vehicle sales by 2035, with interim targets of 20% by 2026 and 60% by 2030. The regulatory model of escalating Z…
28 Dec 2023
Ørsted reached a final investment decision on Hornsea 3, a 2.9 GW offshore wind farm off the Yorkshire coast set for completion by end-2027 and powering over 3.3 million homes. The project underscores…
22 Dec 2023
Microsoft signed a 15-year agreement with Chestnut Carbon for up to 2.7 million tons of afforestation-based carbon removal certified under the Gold Standard. The long-duration, high-quality removal de…
22 Dec 2023
The UK government unveiled its CCUS Vision to build a competitive carbon capture, usage and storage market by 2035, targeting 20-30 million tonnes of CO2 stored yearly by 2030, 50,000 jobs and up to £…
20 Dec 2023
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