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- Sustainable Finance
UNDP launches seven-module High-Integrity Carbon Markets Toolkit
The UNDP introduced its seven-module High-Integrity Carbon Markets Toolkit on November 18 2025 to help nations build market systems, social safeguards and governance for credible carbon markets. The g…
- Sustainable Finance
Nepal receives $9.4 million World Bank payment for forest carbon cuts
Nepal received a $9.4 million results-based payment from the World Bank's Forest Carbon Partnership Facility for cutting nearly 1.88 million tons of CO2 emissions in the Terai Arc Landscape, the first…
- Disclosure Analytics
PAFA launches forum to strengthen Africa's sustainability reporting
The Pan African Federation of Accountants convened an inaugural forum establishing a continental platform to coordinate Africa's response to global sustainability standards and inform IFRS standards a…
- Disclosure Analytics
MEPs back Omnibus I simplification of EU sustainability reporting rules
The European Parliament adopted, by 382 votes to 249, a position simplifying EU sustainability reporting and due diligence under the Omnibus I package, raising reporting thresholds to 1,750 employees …
- Standards & Frameworks
ISSB Confirms TNFD Framework as Basis for Nature Disclosure Standard
The ISSB approved a process to build a global nature-related financial reporting baseline drawing on the TNFD framework, announced in Sao Paulo ahead of COP30. Indian companies preparing sustainabilit…
- Climate & Nature
Climate Action Network Midway COP30 Assessment Flags Unfulfilled Finance Commitments
The Climate Action Network released a midway COP30 assessment in Belem, finding the climate ambition gap is a crisis of inadequate, grants-based finance for developing nations. The contested finance a…
- Climate & Nature
Iceland Designates Atlantic Circulation Collapse an Existential National Security Threat
Iceland officially designated the potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation an existential threat, the first climate phenomenon brought before its National Security Council…
- Climate & Nature
India Reaches 50% Non-Fossil Power Capacity Five Years Early
The IEA's World Energy Outlook 2025 confirmed India achieved its 50% non-fossil power capacity target in 2025, five years ahead of its 2030 deadline. The early milestone strengthens India's standing a…
- Climate & Nature
IFC Commits $100 Million to Brookfield's Emerging Markets Clean Energy Transition Fund
The International Finance Corporation has announced a $100 million investment in Brookfield Asset Management's Catalytic Transition Fund, aimed at driving clean energy and transition investments in un…
- Climate & Nature
Societe Generale and EIB Launch €250 Million Guarantee Programme for Cleantech Scale-ups
The European Investment Bank and Societe Generale have signed a cooperation agreement backed by €250 million in EIB guarantees to jointly finance fast-growing small and mid-cap cleantech companies, ta…
- Climate & Nature
Marks and Spencer Launches RE:Spark Programme to Decarbonise Fashion Supply Chain
UK retailer Marks and Spencer has launched RE:Spark, a supply chain decarbonisation programme developed with Schneider Electric, focused on accelerating renewable energy adoption among its fashion sup…
- Climate & Nature
US Appeals Court Halts California Climate Risk Disclosure Law Pending Appeal
A US Ninth Circuit appeals court has issued an injunction pausing the implementation of California's SB 261 law, which requires large companies doing business in California to report on climate-relate…
- Climate & Nature
Australia Launches NDC Investment Blueprint Backed by A$22.7 Billion Fund
Australia launched its Nationally Determined Contribution Investment Blueprint, backed by over A$22.7 billion across a decade, to attract international capital for its net-zero transition. The structu…
- Climate & Nature
World Bank Report: Climate Adaptation Could Generate 150 Million Jobs by 2050
A World Bank report released November 7, 2025 found climate adaptation investments could generate 150 million new jobs globally by 2050, while unchecked impacts could cause 43 million job losses acros…
- Standards & Frameworks
ISSB TIG to Clarify Scope 3 Categories and Intercompany GHG Reporting
The Transition Implementation Group on IFRS S1 and IFRS S2 convened in November 2025 to resolve stakeholder questions on Scope 3 categories and intercompany emissions reporting. The guidance clarifies…
- Climate & Nature
UNDP Dataset Projects Up to 30% Staple-Crop Yield Decline in Poorest Nations
A new UNDP climate dataset projected that 90% of assessed countries face substantial staple-crop yield declines, with low-HDI nations losing up to 30% by century's end under high-emissions scenarios. …
- Standards & Frameworks
ISO and GHG Protocol Launch Joint Product-Level Emissions Accounting Standard
ISO and the GHG Protocol launched a Joint Working Group to develop a unified product-level greenhouse gas accounting standard, built on ISO 14067 and the GHG Protocol Product Standard. The harmonised …
- Sustainable Finance
Gold Standard Labels First CORSIA-Eligible Carbon Credits in Africa from Malawi
Gold Standard labelled over 1.5 million Verified Emission Reductions from a Malawi clean cooking programme as CORSIA-eligible, the first such project in Africa. The milestone demonstrates how host-cou…
- Climate & Nature
BIS Releases Draft Standard EED 05 for Benchmarking Environmental Monitoring Services
The Bureau of Indian Standards released Draft Indian Standard EED 05 (24318) WC, providing a benchmarking framework for environmental monitoring services, open for comment until January 3, 2026. The s…
- Standards & Frameworks
European Parliament Votes 382-249 to Drastically Cut CSRD and CSDDD Scope
The European Parliament has voted 382 to 249 to adopt a position dramatically reducing the scope of the EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Dir…
- Standards & Frameworks
UK Publishes Sustainability Assurance Standard Ahead of Mandatory Reporting Decision
The Financial Reporting Council has published the International Standard on Sustainability Assurance (UK) 5000, a new standard for practitioners carrying out assurance engagements on sustainability re…
- Standards & Frameworks
TNFD Halts New Technical Work After ISSB Assumes Nature Disclosure Standard Setting
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures has announced it will pause the commencement of any further technical guidance after completing work currently in progress, anticipated for the th…
- ESG Movers
Bakelite Achieves EcoVadis Gold Medal, Enters Top 5% of 130,000 Rated Companies
Specialty resin manufacturer Bakelite has received a Gold Medal from EcoVadis, placing it in the top 5% of more than 130,000 companies assessed by the sustainability rating firm worldwide. The rating …
- Standards & Frameworks
Zurich Insurance Drops SBTi FINZ Validation While Maintaining Net Zero Commitment
Zurich Insurance Group has decided not to pursue validation of its climate targets under the Science Based Targets initiative's Financial Institutions Net-Zero Standard, following a similar decision b…