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- Sustainable Finance
M&G's responsAbility Appoints Nadia Nikolova as Chief Executive to Scale Impact Strategies
M&G's impact investing unit responsAbility Investments has appointed Nadia Nikolova as its new Chief Executive Officer, succeeding outgoing CEO Rochus Mommartz who plans to retire at the end of 2025. …
- Standards & Frameworks
GRI Releases Draft Labor Standards Covering Non-Discrimination, Diversity and Inclusion
The Global Reporting Initiative has published two draft sustainability disclosure standards covering non-discrimination and equal opportunity, and diversity and inclusion, as part of its broader Labor…
- Sustainable Finance
UK launches transition finance consultations and Sustainability Reporting Standards plan
The UK launched consultations on corporate transition plan requirements, UK Sustainability Reporting Standards, and a voluntary assurance registration regime. The structured approach to transition pla…
- Sustainable Finance
Global climate finance hit USD 1.9 trillion in 2023
The Global Landscape of Climate Finance 2025 report confirmed climate finance reached a record USD 1.9 trillion in 2023, with private contributions exceeding USD 1 trillion for the first time. The per…
- Climate & Nature
Egypt adopts national green building strategy, mandatory for public buildings 2026
Egypt unveiled a national green building strategy mandating energy efficiency, water conservation, and sustainable materials, applying to all new public buildings from 2026. The phased certification m…
- Climate & Nature
Switzerland Pauses Climate Disclosure Ordinance Revision Pending EU Omnibus Outcome
The Swiss Federal Council has decided to pause the revision of its Ordinance on Climate Disclosures for companies, delaying new requirements including mandatory net-zero roadmaps, while it awaits the …
- Climate & Nature
Microsoft Purchases Over 1 Million Carbon Credits From Norway Waste-to-Energy CCS Project
Oslo-based power and heat provider Hafslund Celsio has signed a ten-year carbon removal offtake agreement with Microsoft, covering more than 1 million tonnes of carbon credits to be generated by a new…
- Climate & Nature
Norway Sets 70-75% GHG Emissions Reduction Target for 2035 as New NDC
The Norwegian government has submitted a new Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement, committing to reduce economy-wide absolute greenhouse gas emissions by at least 70% to 75% co…
- Regulations
European Commission Clarifies Green Claims Directive Remains Active Despite Withdrawal Statement
The European Commission has clarified that the Green Claims Directive, its proposed anti-greenwashing regulation for environmental product claims, has not been withdrawn, despite earlier statements in…
- Sustainable Finance
TNFD research confirms financial materiality of nature-related risks
The TNFD, with Oxford's Environmental Change Institute and Global Canopy, released research confirming the financial materiality of nature-related risks from over 600 evidence pieces. The findings str…
- Disclosure Analytics
GRI launches Climate Change and Energy standards GRI 102 and GRI 103
The Global Reporting Initiative introduced GRI 102: Climate Change and GRI 103: Energy to standardise corporate sustainability disclosures, fully aligned with the GHG Protocol and interoperable with I…
- Sustainable Finance
World Bank extends PROGREEN trust fund to 2031 for landscape resilience
The World Bank, with Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, extended the PROGREEN multi-donor trust fund to 2031, supporting sustainable landscape management across 76 countries. The high-leverage g…
- Sustainable Finance
MIGA issues USD 500 million guarantee to support Santander Argentina lending
The World Bank's MIGA issued a USD 500 million guarantee to Banco Santander supporting Santander Argentina, enabling a projected USD 1 billion lending expansion for green and inclusive finance. The bl…
- Sustainable Finance
IFC invests up to $15 million in Kyrgyzstan's first sustainability bond
The International Finance Corporation committed up to $15 million to the Kyrgyz Republic's inaugural local-currency sustainability bond issued by the Kyrgyz Investment and Credit Bank. The transaction…
- Sustainable Finance
MFF white paper maps $210 billion financing gap for deforestation-free supply chains
The Mobilising Finance for Forests Program released a white paper proposing a three-pronged financing agenda for deforestation-free commodity supply chains as global forest loss hit 6.7 million hectar…
- Climate & Nature
AfDB grants $500,000 for Kigali cable car feasibility study
The African Development Bank approved a $500,000 grant to fund a feasibility study for Rwanda's $100 million Kigali Urban Cable Car Project, sub-Saharan Africa's first aerial urban transit. The blende…
- Sustainable Finance
World Bank lends Uzbekistan $150 million for small hydropower development
Uzbekistan secured a $150 million concessional World Bank credit, approved June 25 2025, to develop small hydropower plants under a 2025-2030 national programme. The decentralised, irrigation-canal-ba…
- Sustainable Finance
World Bank report urges Brazil to pair fiscal reform with carbon pricing
The World Bank's "Double Dividend" report recommends Brazil adopt emissions trading, fuel-tax rationalisation, and land-tax reform to improve its fiscal balance by over 5% of GDP while cutting emissio…
- Climate & Nature
World Bank Group and IAEA sign nuclear-energy partnership for development
The World Bank Group and the International Atomic Energy Agency signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Vienna to collaborate on nuclear science for sustainable development and climate resilience. The…
- Sustainable Finance
Slovenia Raises €1 Billion in First Sustainability-Linked Bond by a European Sovereign
The Republic of Slovenia has issued a €1 billion 10-year sustainability-linked bond, the first such issuance by a European sovereign, with the coupon tied to Slovenia's 2030 greenhouse gas emissions r…
- Climate & Nature
NatWest, NAB and SC Ventures Back FourTwoThree SME Climate Action Platform
A new climate action platform named FourTwoThree has launched with backing from NatWest Group, National Australia Bank and SC Ventures, Standard Chartered's innovation unit, aimed at enabling large en…
- Climate & Nature
Wolters Kluwer Launches CBAM Compliance and ESG Financial Planning Tools
Wolters Kluwer has launched two new ESG data solutions: CCH Tagetik ESG and Sustainability for CBAM, designed to automate compliance with the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, and CCH Tagetik E…
- Climate & Nature
Climate Solutions Framework Offers Intensity-Based Targets for Oatly and Similar Companies
A guest analysis by Schneider Electric's EcoAct unit argues that traditional absolute net-zero frameworks can penalise companies whose products enable significant decarbonisation across the broader ec…
- Standards & Frameworks
IFRS Foundation Releases Guidance on Disclosing Climate Transition Plans Under IFRS S2
The IFRS Foundation has published new guidance to support companies applying the ISSB's IFRS S2 climate standard in disclosing information about their climate-related transition plans and strategies. …