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- Climate & Nature
Membrion raises $12.5 million for ceramic wastewater desalination membranes
Seattle-based Membrion closed a $12.5 million Series B round for its ceramic desalination membranes that recover up to 98% of industrial wastewater. Indian industrial and semiconductor manufacturers f…
- Sustainable Finance
Matter raises $10 million for microplastic filtration technology
Microplastic technology company Matter closed a $10 million Series A round to expand its filtration technology for commercial and industrial applications. Indian textile manufacturers and appliance ma…
- Sustainable Finance
Dioxycle raises $17 million to convert CO2 into sustainable ethylene
French-American startup Dioxycle raised $17 million in Series A funding to scale technology converting CO2 emissions into sustainable ethylene. Indian chemical and petrochemical manufacturers pursuing…
- Climate & Nature
Goldman Sachs Asset Management invests equity in RNG platform Synthica
Goldman Sachs Asset Management's Infrastructure Business made an equity investment in Synthica Energy to expand renewable natural gas production across US hubs. Indian companies pursuing biomethane an…
- Climate & Nature
UNDP names 2023 Equator Prize winners from ten countries
The UN Development Programme announced the 14th Equator Prize winners, recognizing Indigenous and local community initiatives from ten countries with US$15,000 each. The awards spotlight grassroots, n…
- Sustainable Finance
Green Finance Expert Nedopil Wang Leads Fudan University Sustainability Research
Christoph Nedopil Wang is the Founding Director of the Green Finance and Development Center and an Associate Professor at the Fanhai International School of Finance at Fudan University in Shanghai, wh…
- Climate & Nature
Pakistan's Coal Phase-Down Faces Political and Economic Barriers to Green Transition
A political economy analysis of Pakistan's energy sector finds that the country's coal capacity has grown from 0.15 GW in 2015 to over 7 GW by June 2023, driven largely by China-Pakistan Economic Corr…
- Climate & Nature
Deloitte survey: 46% of high-income workers weigh sustainability job moves
A Deloitte survey of 24,000 people across 24 nations found 46% of higher-income workers would change jobs for more sustainable employers, versus 13% of lower-income respondents. The findings signal th…
- Climate & Nature
Germany to expand Climate and Transformation Fund beyond €200 billion
Germany plans to add roughly €20 billion to its Climate and Transformation Fund, raising the total above €200 billion through 2027. The expansion, alongside a carbon price rise to €40 per ton, signals…
- Sustainable Finance
New Zealand and BlackRock to launch $1.22 billion climate fund
New Zealand's government and BlackRock are preparing a NZ$2 billion ($1.22 billion) climate infrastructure fund for solar, wind, green hydrogen and battery storage. The partnership, BlackRock's larges…
- Climate & Nature
Singapore launches first clean-energy-powered EV charging service stations
Singapore's EMA and Shell launched the country's first smart, clean-energy-powered service stations offering solar-backed EV charging at three Shell stations. The model, combining rooftop solar, batte…
- Sustainable Finance
Morgan Stanley reaches $700 billion of $1 trillion ESG funding goal
Morgan Stanley reported reaching $700 billion toward its $1 trillion sustainable investment goal by decade-end, with over $550 billion in eco-friendly initiatives. The pace of bank sustainable-finance…
- Standards & Frameworks
Mercedes-Benz strengthens data privacy in ESG framework under GRI standards
Mercedes-Benz Group elevated data privacy as a core ESG tenet, aligning with GRI 3-3 and GRI 418-1 standards through a Group-wide Data Governance System. The move positions data privacy as a material …
- Sustainable Finance
Ten Strategies for Project Preparation Facilities to Finance Small Cities
A new CPI blog identifies ten practical approaches that Project Preparation Facilities can use to help small and intermediary cities in low- and middle-income countries access climate finance. Small a…
- Climate & Nature
US lab achieves net energy gain in fusion reaction second time
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's National Ignition Facility achieved net energy gain in a nuclear fusion reaction for the second time, on 30 July, exceeding its December milestone. Repeated fu…
- Climate & Nature
Newlight Technologies raises $125 million for greenhouse-gas-to-materials platform
Newlight Technologies closed a $125 million equity round led by Temasek's GenZero to scale AirCarbon, a material made from greenhouse gas using natural microorganisms. Indian manufacturers in fashion,…
- Climate & Nature
India's Electric Bus Push Needs Dedicated Central Financing Facility
A proposed central government-owned electric bus financing facility could resolve the payment security and balance sheet risks that have deterred major automotive manufacturers from participating in I…
- Climate & Nature
Compact Membrane Systems raises $16.5 million for carbon capture membranes
Compact Membrane Systems raised $16.5 million to develop electrified membrane solutions for hard-to-abate industrial emissions, targeting commercial deployment by 2026. Indian heavy-industry emitters …
- Climate & Nature
bp invests £4 million in EV fleet software startup Dynamon
Energy company bp invested £4 million ($5 million) in fleet decarbonization startup Dynamon and signed a commercial agreement to use its ZERO software. Indian commercial fleet operators and EV-transit…
- Climate & Nature
Researchers build solar battery using abundant 2D carbon nitride
A team from the University of Cordoba and the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research has demonstrated a solar battery using a bi-functional carbon nitride photoanode that both absorbs light and…
- Climate & Nature
Samsung launches Everyday Sustainability campaign featuring recycled materials, solar remote
Samsung Electronics launched a sustainability campaign titled 'Changes Start from Small Steps' on August 3, 2023, spotlighting employee-led environmental initiatives including recycled fishing nets an…
- Disclosure Analytics
United Utilities adopts TNFD beta nature disclosures in 2023 sustainability report
United Utilities, the UK's largest listed water company, adopted the TNFD beta disclosure recommendations in its 2023 Sustainability Report, becoming one of the first UK public companies to report nat…
- Climate & Nature
Hyundai and Kia deploy blockchain CO2 supplier monitoring system on Hedera
Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation introduced a Supplier CO2 Emission Monitoring System (SCEMS) using AI and blockchain technology built on the Hedera network to measure supply-chain emissions.…
- Disclosure Analytics
IAASB releases proposed ISSA 5000 global sustainability assurance standard for consultation
The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board released its proposed International Standard on Sustainability Assurance (ISSA) 5000, a principles-based standard for limited and reasonable su…