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- Sustainable Finance
Mexico Raises Record EU4.75 Billion in SDG-Linked Sustainable Bonds
Mexico's Ministry of Finance and Public Credit has issued a series of sustainable bonds raising EUR 4.75 billion, the largest ESG-labelled bond issuance by a Latin American sovereign and the largest E…
- Standards & Frameworks
eBay Publishes Climate Transition Plan Targeting Net Zero by 2045
eBay has released its first Climate Transition Plan, detailing how the global online marketplace aims to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions across its operations and value chain by 2045. The pl…
- Standards & Frameworks
GRI Names Susanne Stormer Chair of Global Sustainability Standards Board
The Global Reporting Initiative has appointed sustainability reporting veteran Susanne Stormer as Chair of the Global Sustainability Standards Board, the independent body responsible for developing th…
- Regulations
India notifies Environment Protection Fund Rules 2026 for penalty revenues
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change notified the Environmental (Protection) Fund Rules, 2026, on January 15, 2026, creating a dedicated fund for environmental penalty revenues under…
- Climate & Nature
India to host International Net Zero Summit in Panaji, Goa
India is set to host the International Net Zero Summit in Panaji, Goa, positioning subnational governments as active drivers of net zero commitments rather than passive implementers of national policy…
- Climate & Nature
KPMG Calls for 28-Fold Increase in Private Climate Finance by 2030
KPMG International's Global Climate and Renewables Leader has called for a dramatic scale-up in private climate investment in emerging markets and developing economies, arguing that a 28-fold increase…
- Climate & Nature
Carbon Trust Appoints New Head of Asia to Drive Regional Decarbonisation
Global climate consultancy the Carbon Trust has appointed Wei Mei Hum as its new Head of Asia, with responsibility for leading the firm's Singapore office and expanding its presence across key regiona…
- Standards & Frameworks
India adds four sectors to Carbon Credit Trading Scheme via 2025 rules
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change notified the Greenhouse Gas Emission Intensity Targets (Amendment) Rules, 2025, dated January 13, 2026, adding secondary aluminium, petroleum ref…
- Climate & Nature
EFRAG cost-benefit analysis projects €3.7 billion savings from simplified ESRS
EFRAG released its cost-benefit analysis for the draft amended European Sustainability Reporting Standards, cutting mandatory datapoints by 61% under the Omnibus I simplification initiative. The reduc…
- Climate & Nature
WEF Global Risks Report 2026 names geoeconomic confrontation top short-term threat
The World Economic Forum released the 21st Global Risks Report on January 14, 2026, ranking geoeconomic confrontation as the most severe short-term risk while keeping environmental risks atop the deca…
- Sustainable Finance
Nigeria launches National Carbon Market Framework targeting $2.5-3 billion annual revenue
President Bola Tinubu launched Nigeria's National Carbon Market Framework at the 2026 Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, anchored on a National Carbon Market Activation Policy and National Carbon Registry…
- Climate & Nature
MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity 2026 Opens Nominations Until March
The AEON Environmental Foundation and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity have opened the nomination period for the MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity 2026, accepting entries from 2 F…
- Climate & Nature
World Bank approves $13.3 million for Cabo Verde renewable energy transition
The World Bank Group approved a $13.30 million concessional financing package through IDA to accelerate Cabo Verde's energy transition under the Renewable Energy and Improved Utility Performance Proje…
- Sustainable Finance
Microsoft Secures 5 Million Tonnes of Carbon Removal in Early 2026
Microsoft has signed multiple carbon removal purchase agreements totalling nearly 5 million tonnes in the opening weeks of 2026, reinforcing its position as the world's largest corporate buyer of carb…
- Disclosure Analytics
China releases first climate sustainability disclosure standard aligned with ISSB IFRS S2
China's Ministry of Finance, with eight other central ministries, released the first Chinese Sustainability Disclosure Standard on Climate (Trial) on December 25, 2025, adopting the ISSB four-pillar f…
- Sustainable Finance
World Bank: carbon pricing now covers 28 percent of global emissions
The World Bank's State and Trends of Carbon Pricing 2025 reports that emissions trading systems and carbon taxes now cover roughly 28 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, up from about 5 percen…
- Disclosure Analytics
EU publishes Regulation 2026/73 simplifying Taxonomy reporting from 2026 fiscal year
The European Commission published Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/73 in the Official Journal on January 8, 2026, introducing materiality thresholds and reduced operational-expenditure disclo…
- Standards & Frameworks
67% of Investors Fear Simplified ESRS Will Cut Information Quality: EFRAG Study
An EFRAG cost-benefit analysis found that 67% of investors and financial institutions anticipate a negative impact on information quality from the proposed simplified European Sustainability Reporting…
- Sustainable Finance
Investors Managing $19 Trillion Intensified Deforestation Engagement in 2025
Despite a difficult year for climate investor coalitions, PRI's Spring deforestation stewardship initiative grew to 240 investors managing over $19 trillion in assets in 2025, with 96 actively engagin…
- Standards & Frameworks
Sodexo earns CDP Climate A rating, ranking among top 4 percent globally
Sodexo secured a CDP Climate A rating in early January 2026, placing it among the top 4 percent of over 22,000 companies assessed and reflecting a 37.7 percent cut in Scope 1 and 2 emissions versus 20…
- ESG Movers
Zerodha CSR arm approves ₹2 crore grant for climate communication collective
Zerodha's CSR arm approved a ₹2 crore grant to The Sustainability Mafia, a youth-led climate communication collective, disclosed in mid-November 2025 under Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013. The…
- Climate & Nature
India crosses 50 percent non-fossil electricity capacity, five years ahead of target
At the 16th IRENA Assembly in Abu Dhabi, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi confirmed India crossed 50 percent non-fossil fuel electricity capacity in 2025, five years ahead of its 2030 target, with install…
- Climate & Nature
Diginex Acquires Carbon Accounting Platform Plan A for $64 Million
Sustainability RegTech company Diginex has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Germany-based carbon accounting platform Plan A for total consideration of €55 million (US$64 million), comprising €…
- Climate & Nature
Aether Fuels Raises $15 Million to Build Commercial SAF Facility in Singapore
Sustainable fuels technology company Aether Fuels has raised $15 million in convertible note financing to advance its first commercial-scale sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facility in Singapore, Proj…