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India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy launched the Green Hydrogen Certification Scheme in April 2025, setting a 2.0 kg CO2-equivalent per kg threshold for certifying hydrogen as green. Certific…
4 May 2025
India's MoEFCC published draft rules on April 16, 2025 setting greenhouse gas emission intensity targets for aluminium, cement, chlor-alkali, and pulp & paper under the Carbon Credit Trading Scheme. T…
22 Apr 2025
India's MoEFCC introduced Extended Producer Responsibility for non-ferrous metal scrap under the Hazardous and Other Wastes Second Amendment Rules, 2024, effective April 1, 2025. Producers of aluminiu…
13 Apr 2025
India's Construction and Demolition Waste Management Rules, 2024 came into effect on April 1, 2025, introducing Extended Producer Responsibility, digital traceability, and mandated recycled-material u…
8 Apr 2025
CDP reports that 94 percent of investors use ESG ratings and data products at least once a month, as regulators across multiple jurisdictions move to introduce codes of conduct and regulatory framewor…
12 Dec 2024
More than 23,100 organisations across the world voluntarily disclosed environmental data through CDP in 2025, providing investors, companies, and policymakers with decision-ready information on climat…
12 Dec 2024
A survey of global companies finds that 87% of US companies have maintained or increased sustainability investments as of 2025, even as ESG backlash and the EU's Omnibus Simplification Proposal drive …
12 Dec 2024
Suzanne Mattei, an attorney with over 30 years of public interest law experience, has analysed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's policies on interstate pipeline approvals and conducted resear…
18 Sept 2024
The US EPA proposed its first comprehensive update in nearly a decade to its Recommendations of Specifications, Standards, and Ecolabels for Federal Purchasing, adding categories and tightening criter…
16 Sept 2024
Clarity AI research found that 44% of EU funds using environmental and impact terms may need to rebrand or divest assets to meet ESMA's Paris-aligned benchmark exclusions, with funds given six months …
2 Jun 2024
China's Ministry of Finance issued a draft Corporate Sustainability Disclosure Standards guideline targeting a nationwide framework by 2030, with rules becoming mandatory for listed companies by 2027.…
31 May 2024
The European Council approved a new Ecodesign framework setting sustainability requirements for nearly all products and banning the destruction of unsold textiles and footwear, introducing a Digital P…
27 May 2024
ESMA published final guidelines requiring funds using ESG or sustainability terms to hold at least 80% of investments aligned with those characteristics, plus exclusion criteria. For Indian asset mana…
24 May 2024
A new wave of energy insecurity is hitting Europe as the Iran conflict disrupts global oil and gas flows, the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis warns. Europe is contending with its…
25 Apr 2024
The European Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement on packaging rules requiring all packaging to be recyclable by 2030, with waste reduction targets and single-use plastic bans. For I…
5 Mar 2024
Lombard Odier Investment Managers was appointed by UK workplace pension fund Nest to manage a global thematic equities mandate, with Nest planning to invest £5 billion in the LOIM-managed strategy by …
23 Feb 2024
The EU Council and European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on the Net-Zero Industry Act, establishing a framework to scale clean technology manufacturing with a 40% domestic production ben…
6 Feb 2024
The European Commission found that draft National Energy and Climate Plans project a 51% greenhouse gas reduction by 2030, short of the 55% target, and recommended Member States intensify renewables, …
18 Dec 2023
EU Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement revising the ecodesign framework to make products more durable, repairable and recyclable, introducing digital product passports and bans on d…
5 Dec 2023
The EU Parliament and Council reached preliminary agreement to prohibit plastic waste exports to non-OECD countries within two and a half years and tighten controls on all waste shipments. India, name…
18 Nov 2023
European Parliament members endorsed strengthened EU CO2 emission standards for new heavy-duty vehicles, proposing a 90% reduction from 2040 and zero-emission urban buses from 2030. The tightening of …
31 Oct 2023
The European Parliament's Environment Committee endorsed a proposed regulation covering the entire packaging lifecycle, with plastic packaging waste reduction targets of 10% by 2030, 15% by 2035, and …
31 Oct 2023
Switzerland's Federal Department of Finance moved to recommend principles-based state regulation to combat greenwashing in the financial sector. As global anti-greenwashing rules tighten, Indian finan…
26 Oct 2023
The European Parliament and Council reached a provisional deal to fully phase out hydrofluorocarbons by 2050, with gradual reduction of EU consumption quotas from 2024 to 2049. The phase-out of high-w…
8 Oct 2023
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