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- ESG Movers
CDP A-List Jumps 70% to 877 Companies in 2025 Reporting Cycle
Environmental sustainability reporting platform CDP has reported that the number of companies receiving an A score in its 2025 reporting cycle jumped by over 70% to 877, while the number of companies …
- Climate & Nature
Tamil Nadu notifies 100 new Reserved Forests adding 13,494 hectares since 2021
The Tamil Nadu government notified 100 new Reserved Forests across 10 districts between 2021 and 2025 under the Tamil Nadu Forest Act, 1882, adding approximately 13,494.95 hectares of legally protecte…
- Standards & Frameworks
Philippines SEC mandates PFRS Sustainability Disclosures starting fiscal year 2026
The Philippines SEC issued Memorandum Circular 16 of 2025 on December 22, 2025, mandating ISSB-aligned PFRS S1 and S2 sustainability disclosures for listed and large non-listed entities under a tiered…
- Climate & Nature
India targets green steel below 0.9 tonnes CO2 per tonne by 2035
India's Ministry of Steel and NITI Aayog established a decarbonization roadmap for the iron and steel sector, which accounts for roughly 12 percent of national greenhouse gas emissions, with a Green S…
- Climate & Nature
Climate Bonds Initiative proposes integrating methane criteria into finance taxonomies
The Climate Bonds Initiative released a strategy to integrate methane emissions into global sustainable finance taxonomies, addressing a gap where frameworks predominantly focus on carbon dioxide. The…
- ESG Movers
Amazon Business Enables EU Sellers to Display EcoVadis Sustainability Ratings
EcoVadis and Amazon have launched a new feature on the Amazon Business B2B marketplace allowing sellers to display their EcoVadis medals or badges on their profiles as a searchable criterion for buyer…
- Sustainable Finance
Biographica Raises $9.4 Million to Use AI for Climate-Resilient Crop Development
London-based AI and genomics startup Biographica has raised £7 million (US$9.4 million) in a Seed funding round to accelerate its creation of climate-resilient, productive and nutritious crops using a…
- Sustainable Finance
Equitable Earth Raises $14.7 Million to Expand Nature-Based Carbon Certification
Carbon markets certification platform Equitable Earth has raised €12.6 million (US$14.7 million) in a new funding round to expand its certification programme for nature-based carbon projects, which ha…
- Climate & Nature
ONGC and NSTFDC partner to bring digital classrooms to 35,000 tribal students
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation signed a pact with the National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation to expand digital learning access for 35,000 tribal students across India through O…
- Standards & Frameworks
WHO reports trachoma intervention need falls below 100 million for first time
The World Health Organization reported that people requiring trachoma interventions fell to 97.1 million by November 2025, a 94 percent reduction since 2011 and the first time below 100 million. The m…
- Climate & Nature
Haryana targets 2030 for Aravali Green Wall ecological restoration project
The Government of Haryana unveiled an action plan to roll out the Aravali Green Wall Project by 2030, building on a national reforestation initiative launched on World Environment Day 2025 across Delh…
- Climate & Nature
IPCC concludes scoping for Special Report on Climate Change and Cities
The IPCC concluded a scoping meeting in Kuala Lumpur on 5 December 2025, gathering over 100 experts to define its Special Report on Climate Change and Cities, scheduled for release in early 2027. With…
- Standards & Frameworks
Philippines Mandates IFRS-Based Sustainability Reporting for Listed and Large Companies
The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted the Philippine Financial Reporting Standards (PFRS) on Sustainability Disclosures, based on IFRS S1 and S2, establishing mandatory sustain…
- Climate & Nature
Madras Diabetes Research Foundation pilot uses dance to cut adolescent health risk
India's Madras Diabetes Research Foundation piloted a 10-minute high-intensity dance routine called Thandav in two Chennai schools with 108 adolescent girls, achieving measurable body-composition and …
- Climate & Nature
Germanwatch Climate Risk Index 2026 logs $4.5 trillion losses since 1995
Germanwatch released the Climate Risk Index 2026, finding over 832,000 lives lost across more than 9,700 extreme weather events and USD 4.5 trillion in economic losses from 1995 to 2024. The findings …
- Climate & Nature
POWERGRID sources 50 percent of energy from green power
Power Grid Corporation of India disclosed under SEBI Regulation 30 that it sourced 50 percent of total energy consumption from green power as of January 1, 2026, achieving a target originally set for …
- Sustainable Finance
HSBC Appoints Chaoni Huang to Lead Sustainable Finance for Asia
HSBC has appointed Chaoni Huang as Managing Director and Head of Sustainable Finance and Transition for its Asia business, as the bank advances its Net Zero Transition Plan and approaches $448 billion…
- Standards & Frameworks
China Releases Trial Corporate Climate Disclosure Standard Aligned with IFRS S2
China's Ministry of Finance, alongside multiple ministries, the central bank and regulators, has released the Corporate Sustainable Disclosure Standard No. 1 — Climate (Trial), a new voluntary standar…
- Climate & Nature
Eni Spins Out European Refining Assets into New Unit Under Decarbonisation Strategy
Italian energy company Eni has transferred its traditional European refining and logistics businesses into a newly formed company, Eni Industrial Evolution S.p.A., as part of its strategy to deliver a…
- Disclosure Analytics
ISO unveils Environmental Standards Dashboard mapping 1,100 standards at UNEA-7
At UNEA-7 in Nairobi, ISO and Standards Australia launched an Environmental Standards Dashboard mapping over 1,100 International Standards across 48 technical committees. Indian companies can use the …
- Standards & Frameworks
UNEP names 2024 Champions of the Earth for ecosystem restoration
The United Nations Environment Programme announced its 2024 Champions of the Earth, recognising government and organisational projects driving large-scale ecosystem restoration. The winners offer Indi…
- Standards & Frameworks
Kerala launches ₹2,365 crore KERA climate-resilient agriculture project
The Government of Kerala announced the ₹2,365 crore Kerala Climate Resilient Agri-Value Chain Modernisation (KERA) project, its largest agricultural programme in over four decades, backed by the World…
- Standards & Frameworks
Germanwatch ranks India ninth most affected in long-term Climate Risk Index
Germanwatch's Climate Risk Index 2026, released in November 2025, ranks India ninth most affected globally over 1995–2024 from continuous extreme-weather losses. Indian corporates and policymakers fac…
- Sustainable Finance
WBCSD guidance models counterfactual cash flows for sustainability investments
On December 17, 2025, WBCSD released Financial Quantification guidance requiring counterfactual cash-flow modelling and IRR/NPV analysis to value sustainability initiatives. Indian CFOs can use the me…