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- Disclosure Analytics
ISSB finalises IFRS S2 amendments easing Scope 3 financed-emissions disclosure
The International Sustainability Standards Board finalised targeted amendments to IFRS S2 permitting entities to limit Scope 3 Category 15 disclosure to financed emissions and use alternative classifi…
- Climate & Nature
CPI report urges sustainable finance taxonomies to prioritise methane abatement
The Climate Policy Initiative and Climate Bonds Initiative published a report calling for global sustainable finance taxonomies to integrate robust methane abatement criteria after analysing five juri…
- Climate & Nature
CAG of India integrates ESG criteria into national public audit framework
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India committed to integrating Environmental, Social, and Governance criteria into its standard public audit methodology at its 32nd Accountants General Conferen…
- Sustainable Finance
Puro.Earth Approved as Eighth CCP-Eligible Carbon Crediting Program
The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market has confirmed Puro.Earth as the eighth program to achieve CCP-Eligible status, applying to version 4.2 of the Puro.Earth standard only. The Finlan…
- Climate & Nature
LinkedIn report finds green hiring outpacing green skills supply globally
The LinkedIn Green Skills Report 2025 found that green hiring grew 7.7 percent from 2024 to 2025, nearly double the 4.3 percent growth rate of green skills in the global workforce. Indian companies fa…
- Sustainable Finance
Bank of England PRA issues PS25/25 strengthening climate-risk prudential framework
The Bank of England's Prudential Regulation Authority issued Policy Statement PS25/25 on December 3 2025, replacing SS3/19 with new supervisory expectations on climate-related risk management for UK b…
- Disclosure Analytics
India launches national CCUS R&D roadmap targeting cement, power, and steel
India's Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser launched a national carbon capture, utilisation, and storage R&D roadmap on December 9 2025, targeting hard-to-abate cement, power, and steel sectors…
- ESG Movers
Machu Picchu Renews Carbon Neutral Certification With 7.26% Per-Tourist Footprint Reduction
Green Initiative International has renewed Machu Picchu's Carbon Neutral Certification for the third consecutive year, with the destination achieving a 7.26% reduction in carbon footprint per tourist …
- Climate & Nature
EU Agrees Binding 90% GHG Emissions Reduction Target for 2040
European Parliament and Council lawmakers have reached a provisional agreement to enshrine a binding 90% greenhouse gas emissions reduction target by 2040 in the European Climate Law, on a 1990 baseli…
- Climate & Nature
BlackRock GIP Invests Up to $335 Million in Aditya Birla Renewables Platform
BlackRock's infrastructure unit Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) has acquired a minority stake in Aditya Birla Renewables (ABREN) for INR 20 billion ($225 million), with an option for an additiona…
- Climate & Nature
UNDP honours ten indigenous and community-led initiatives at 2025 Equator Prize
The United Nations Development Programme hosted its 2025 Equator Prize ceremony on December 11, recognising ten indigenous and community-led initiatives under the theme "Nature for Climate Action," wi…
- Standards & Frameworks
Green Climate Fund backs $222 million SURAGGWA programme for Great Green Wall
The Scaling-Up Resilience in Africa's Great Green Wall (SURAGGWA) programme launched with a $222 million Green Climate Fund investment, approved in July 2025, to restore degraded landscapes across eig…
- Standards & Frameworks
Gavi and World Bank sign MoU to mobilise $2 billion
Gavi and the World Bank Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding on December 6 2025 to mobilise at least US$2 billion in joint financing over 2026-2030 for immunisation, primary healthcare, and regi…
- Sustainable Finance
India meets 50 percent non-fossil capacity target but records largest emissions rise
Analysis around the UNFCCC's 2025 Yearbook shows India reached its NDC target of 50 percent non-fossil installed electricity capacity years ahead of 2030 while recording the largest absolute rise in t…
- Climate & Nature
UK unveils £1.5 billion package to accelerate electric vehicle adoption
The UK government will introduce a £1.5 billion (approximately $2 billion) package supporting the transition to electric vehicles, including £1.3 billion for the Electric Car Grant scheme and £200 mil…
- Sustainable Finance
PCAF expands global GHG accounting standard for financed and insurance emissions
The Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials released an expanded Global GHG Accounting and Reporting Standard on December 2 2025, adding four new financed-emissions and two insurance methodologie…
- Climate & Nature
Osmosis Launches $80 Million Emerging Markets Sustainable Equity Fund
Sustainability-focused asset manager Osmosis Investment Management has launched the Osmosis Emerging Markets Core Equity Transition Fund, seeded with $80 million from the IMAS Foundation, targeting co…
- ESG Movers
Diginex Signs MOU to Acquire Carbon Accounting Platform Plan A
Sustainability RegTech company Diginex has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to acquire Germany-based carbon accounting and decarbonisation software provider Plan A, aiming to create a …
- Climate & Nature
IEA report warns energy skills shortages threaten clean energy transition
The International Energy Agency released its World Energy Employment 2025 report on December 5 2025, finding the global energy workforce reached 76 million while more than half of 700 surveyed organis…
- Standards & Frameworks
IAASB publishes ISSA 5000 illustrative reports to support sustainability assurance
The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board published a suite of eight illustrative assurance reports in late 2025 to support implementation of ISSA 5000, its global sustainability assura…
- Sustainable Finance
Oxford Monitor finds climate policy strengthened across all 37 jurisdictions since 2020
The 2025 Oxford Climate Policy Monitor Annual Review found that all 37 jurisdictions assessed strengthened their climate policies since 2020, with formal rollbacks in only the United States. For corpo…
- Climate & Nature
India's CERC issues draft framework integrating energy storage into tariff regulation
India's Central Electricity Regulatory Commission issued a draft framework for Integrated Energy Storage Systems on December 1 2025, resolving a decade-long regulatory vacuum by recognising storage as…
- Sustainable Finance
Non-fossil sources cross 50% of India's installed power capacity
As of October 31 2025, non-fossil fuel sources reached 259,423 MW or 51.37% of India's 505,023 MW installed electricity capacity, exceeding fossil fuels five years ahead of the 2030 NDC target. The mi…
- Sustainable Finance
CCP-Labelled Carbon Credits Command Up to 25% Price Premium, Report Finds
A new impact report from the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market documents that credits meeting Core Carbon Principles (CCP) standards now command a price premium averaging up to 25 perc…