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- Standards & Frameworks
ESMA issues opinion urging safeguards on revised ESRS disclosure standards
On February 18, 2026, the European Securities and Markets Authority issued its opinion on the delegated act for the revised ESRS, supporting simplification but warning against permanent disclosure rel…
- Climate & Nature
Bhojpur menstrual hygiene drive sets grassroots rural health-equity benchmark
A menstrual hygiene drive in Bihar's Bhojpur district, led by an elected woman representative known as the "Pad Wali Mukhiya," distributed reusable sanitary pads and ran door-to-door awareness session…
- Regulations
NGT Summons CPCB and Beverage Firms Over Detachable Bottle Caps
The National Green Tribunal on February 20, 2026 directed the Central Pollution Control Board, Coca-Cola India, Bisleri International, Hindustan Unilever, and PepsiCo India to respond to an applicatio…
- Regulations
US EPA Weakens Mercury Rules, Reversing 90 Percent Emission Reduction Standard
The United States Environmental Protection Agency on February 20, 2026 finalised a rollback of mercury emission standards for coal-fired power plants, reverting to 2012 limits and weakening controls o…
- Climate & Nature
DHL Launches GoGreen Plus Portfolio with Flat-Rate Emissions Reduction Option
DHL Global Forwarding has launched its GoGreen Plus Portfolio, a suite of shipping decarbonization products including a new offering that provides a 10% emissions reduction at a flat rate across all m…
- Climate & Nature
Fashion Industry Faces 67 Percent Profit Cuts by 2040 Without Climate Action
The global fashion industry faces operating margin losses of 3 per cent by 2030 and profit cuts of up to 67 per cent by 2040 if it fails to accelerate climate response, according to a report by the Ap…
- Regulations
Maharashtra Leads India in Demand Flexibility Regulation for Peak Power
India's rapid renewable expansion is creating growing peak electricity demand management challenges, and demand flexibility and demand response programmes are now being identified as critical tools fo…
- Sustainable Finance
SEBI Launches Working Group to Review ESG Ratings Provider Framework
India's Securities and Exchange Board has announced the formation of a new working group to conduct a comprehensive review of the regulatory framework governing ESG Rating Providers, following feedbac…
- Climate & Nature
CBD SBI 6 Closes Without Consensus as Only Four Nations Submit Reports
The sixth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity concluded without agreement on several key issues, forwarding numerous recommendations to COP17 in …
- Climate & Nature
India Hits 251 GW Renewables but State Transition Progress Remains Uneven
India's total installed renewable capacity reached 251 GW by October 2025, meeting its original 2030 non-fossil capacity target five years early, but a new analysis by IEEFA and Ember finds that clean…
- Climate & Nature
WMO launches South Asia extreme-heat resilience and early-warning initiative
The World Meteorological Organization launched initiatives to strengthen extreme-heat resilience across India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka through upgraded impact-based forecasting and …
- Regulations
NGT Upholds Great Nicobar Clearance, Shifting Debate to Safeguard Implementation
The National Green Tribunal has upheld the environmental clearance for the Rs 80,000 crore Great Nicobar infrastructure project, finding no grounds to interfere while emphasising that safeguards attac…
- Standards & Frameworks
India targets 18,000 MW biomass power from agricultural residue
India has intensified its circular economy push by targeting 18,000 MW of biomass-based power capacity from agricultural residue, led by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. The framework opens c…
- Climate & Nature
Uttar Pradesh fast-tracks World Bank-backed UPCAMP air quality project
Uttar Pradesh's environment minister AK Saxena led a February 18, 2026 review demanding rapid execution of the World Bank-backed Uttar Pradesh Clean Air Management Project (UPCAMP), approved in Decemb…
- Climate & Nature
hummingbirds Raises €50 Million to Scale Nature-Based Carbon and Biodiversity Projects
French nature-based solutions platform hummingbirds has raised €50 million (USD 59 million) in a Series A financing round from Swedfund, Proparco, and British International Investment, to scale its po…
- Climate & Nature
Southern Indian Ocean Saltiest Zone Shrinks 30 Percent in Six Decades
The highly saline zone of the Southern Indian Ocean off southwest Australia has decreased in area by 30 per cent over the past six decades, representing the most rapid freshwater increase observed any…
- Climate & Nature
Analysts Call for Adaptive Governance Framework to Regulate Biopesticides in India
India's biopesticide sector requires an adaptive regulatory framework with mandatory post-market surveillance, time-limited approvals, and structural safeguards against industry capture, according to …
- Climate & Nature
France Awards INEOS €300 Million Grant to Decarbonize Lavera Petrochemical Site
Chemical company INEOS has received a €300 million grant from the French government to install energy-efficient technologies and decarbonize its petrochemical site in Lavera, France, reducing CO2 emis…
- Climate & Nature
India Biomass Co-Firing Hit Only 4 Percent of Mandated Requirement in FY25
Actual biomass consumption at India's coal power plants reached approximately 1.62 million metric tonnes in FY 2024-25, just 4 per cent of the 38.55 million metric tonnes required under the 5 per cent…
- Sustainable Finance
EBA consults on integrating climate risk into Systemic Risk Buffer
On January 29, 2026, the European Banking Authority launched a consultation on draft amendments to its Systemic Risk Buffer Guidelines, integrating physical and transition climate risks under CRD VI. …
- Sustainable Finance
Amazon Expands Carbon Credit Service to Include Clean Fuels and Superpollutants
Amazon has expanded its Sustainability Exchange carbon credit service to enable suppliers, customers, and Climate Pledge signatories to invest in credits generated from lower-carbon shipping fuels and…
- Climate & Nature
Utility Global Raises USD 100 Million to Scale Clean Hydrogen Technology
Houston-based cleantech company Utility Global has raised USD 100 million in a Series D funding round to scale its H2Gen hydrogen technology platform for decarbonizing hard-to-abate industrial sectors…
- Climate & Nature
Heineken Completes Full Renewable Energy Transition in Spanish Brewing Operations
Heineken has announced that it has achieved 100% renewable energy usage across all its beer and cider production in Spain, becoming the first brewer in the country to complete the energy transition in…
- Sustainable Finance
ICVCM Launches Work Program to Strengthen Carbon Credit Permanence Requirements
The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market has launched its second Continuous Improvement Work Program on Permanence, focused on improving how reversal risk is assessed, monitored, and comp…