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- Standards & Frameworks
EcoVadis partners with SGS and QIMA to add supply-chain audits
EcoVadis expanded its partner network with SGS and QIMA to add on-site audit and inspection services to its digital sustainability ratings. The integrated model gives Indian exporters and procurement …
- Standards & Frameworks
GHG Protocol opens public consultation on Scope 2 and electricity accounting
The GHG Protocol opened a public consultation on proposed updates to its Corporate Standard, including revised Scope 2 guidance and a separate consultation on consequential electricity-sector emission…
- Climate & Nature
MoEFCC notifies 86 White Category industrial sectors for simplified compliance
On October 17, 2025, the MoEFCC substituted the schedules under the Air Act and Water Act to notify a revised list of 86 White Category industrial sectors, including certain Compressed Biogas plants. …
- Climate & Nature
NZAM Coalition Resumes Operations After Dropping 2050 Net Zero Reference
The Net Zero Asset Managers initiative has announced its return to active operations following a multi-month hiatus, but its revised commitment statement no longer contains references to achieving net…
- Sustainable Finance
ICVCM Approves First Sustainable Agriculture Carbon Credit Methodologies
The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market approved two sustainable agriculture methodologies — CAR's US Soil Enrichment Protocol v1.1 and Verra's VM0042 Improved Agricultural Land Manageme…
- Climate & Nature
Fidelity International Launches Paris-Aligned Benchmark Active Equity ETF
Fidelity International has launched the Fidelity Global Equity Research Enhanced PAB UCITS ETF, its first equity fund in its Research Enhanced range to follow the Paris-Aligned Benchmark framework. Th…
- Standards & Frameworks
ISSB Expands Jurisdictional Working Group to Enable Global Sustainability Reporting Passport
The International Sustainability Standards Board has announced a significant expansion of its Jurisdictional Adopters Working Group and released new guidance tools aimed at helping the approximately 4…
- Standards & Frameworks
Companies Urged to Act Now as Sustainability Reporting Rules Keep Evolving
A guest commentary from Sphera's principal sustainability consultant argues that companies should treat sustainability reporting as a continuous business process rather than an annual compliance exerc…
- Sustainable Finance
ICVCM Report Recommends Stronger Social Safeguards for Carbon Market Projects
A new report from the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market's Continuous Improvement Work Program calls for strengthened social and environmental protections in carbon-crediting projects, …
- Climate & Nature
Upright Launches Free AI-Driven Double Materiality Assessment Tool
Impact data company Upright announced the launch of a free double materiality assessment tool that produces full CSRD-aligned assessments from a company URL in minutes, covering all 80-plus European S…
- Climate & Nature
Norway Wealth Fund Expands Climate Engagement to Scope 3 and Nature Risk
Norges Bank Investment Management has released its 2030 Climate Action Plan, extending its engagement-led approach to portfolio decarbonisation through the end of the decade. The updated plan broadens…
- Regulations
UK Introduces Law Requiring ESG Ratings Providers to Seek FCA Authorization
The UK government introduced legislation in Parliament to bring ESG ratings providers under Financial Conduct Authority supervision, requiring providers operating in the UK — both domestic and foreign…
- Climate & Nature
TotalEnergies Defends Energy Transition Record After Paris Greenwashing Verdict
TotalEnergies issued a statement pushing back against greenwashing characterizations following a Paris court ruling that three paragraphs on its French subsidiary's customer website containing net zer…
- ESG Movers
EcoVadis Adds SGS and QIMA to Supply Chain Sustainability Audit Network
Business sustainability ratings provider EcoVadis announced the expansion of its Partnership and Alliance network with the addition of testing and certification company SGS and supply chain compliance…
- Climate & Nature
IUCN Congress in Abu Dhabi adopts 20-year conservation vision and 148 resolutions
The IUCN World Conservation Congress concluded in Abu Dhabi, adopting a 20-year Strategic Vision, a four-year programme, 148 resolutions and the Ambitious Abu Dhabi Action Plan. The outcomes set the g…
- Climate & Nature
Google Signs First Corporate Offtake for Gas Power with Carbon Capture
Google, infrastructure investor I Squared Capital, and portfolio company Low Carbon Infrastructure announced a partnership to develop Broadwing Energy, a natural gas power plant with over 400 MW of ge…
- Disclosure Analytics
GRI and CDP release mapping linking GRI climate standards to CDP questionnaire
GRI and CDP jointly released a mapping resource connecting CDP's 2025 corporate questionnaire with the new GRI 102 Climate Change and GRI 103 Energy standards. The tool lets Indian reporters reuse one…
- Climate & Nature
CPCB mandates physical verification of registered used-oil recyclers under EPR
The CPCB launched a mandatory physical verification drive for registered used-oil recyclers to validate EPR certificate generation and transfer under the 2023 Hazardous Waste amendment rules. Producer…
- Climate & Nature
Paris Court Finds TotalEnergies Climate Claims Misleading in Landmark Ruling
A Paris court ruled that TotalEnergies committed deceptive commercial practices by making claims on its website about its ambition to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and its role as a major player i…
- Climate & Nature
Arbor Energy Raises $55 Million to Deploy Zero-Emission Supercritical CO2 Turbines
Clean power startup Arbor Energy announced a $55 million Series A funding round to accelerate development of its supercritical CO2 turbine technology capable of delivering zero-emission baseload power…
- Climate & Nature
Schneider Electric Launches SE Advisory Services as Global Consulting Unit
Energy technology company Schneider Electric announced the launch of SE Advisory Services, a new global consulting practice consolidating the company's sustainability, energy, and technology advisory …
- Climate & Nature
Diligent Takes Equity Stake in Persefoni in Sustainability Reporting Partnership
Governance, risk and compliance solutions provider Diligent and carbon accounting software company Persefoni announced a strategic partnership under which Diligent will transition its carbon accountin…
- Climate & Nature
Decarbonization Partners Backs XNRGY to Scale Sustainable Data Center Cooling
Arizona-based sustainable cooling solutions provider XNRGY Climate Systems secured growth equity financing from BlackRock and Temasek's Decarbonization Partners fund, alongside climate investor Climat…
- Standards & Frameworks
US and Qatar Warn EU Members That CSDDD Threatens Energy Trade Ties
The governments of the United States and Qatar jointly warned EU member state leaders of consequences for energy supply and trade relationships if the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive …