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The Science Based Targets initiative grew to 2,253 companies in 2021, with approvals running three times faster than in 2020 and over 110 new companies joining per month. SBTi companies now cover over…
1 Jan 2026
The Science Based Targets initiative identified key structural gaps in its 2021 strategy, including under-representation of non-OECD countries and high-emitting sectors, and announced programmes to ad…
1 Jan 2026
The Science Based Targets initiative published its 2023 Monitoring Report, showing a 102% increase in companies with validated science-based targets compared to 2022. India recorded a 520% rise in org…
1 Jan 2026
The European Commission released draft FAQs in December 2025 on the Omnibus Delegated Act to harmonise SFDR, CSRD and the EU Taxonomy. Indian firms with EU market exposure or fund relationships should…
29 Dec 2025
The EU Deforestation Regulation requires companies to prove products sold in or exported from the EU are deforestation-free across seven commodities, with large operators complying from December 30, 2…
22 Dec 2025
The International Sustainability Standards Board released a December 10, 2025 staff paper assessing the feasibility of new standards on human capital and biodiversity beyond climate disclosures. As IS…
20 Dec 2025
Lensational, a nonprofit featured by Vogue, trains women in climate-vulnerable communities to document environmental realities through photography, positioning women-led storytelling within ESG social…
17 Dec 2025
The USDA launched a $700 million Regenerative Agriculture Pilot Program in December 2025, consolidating conservation incentives to accelerate soil-health practices. The outcomes-based framework signal…
17 Dec 2025
The European Parliament has approved the provisional Omnibus I agreement with 428 votes in favour and 218 against, formally advancing the package that will sharply reduce the number of companies subje…
16 Dec 2025
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has launched the pilot phase for its draft Power Sector Net-Zero Standard, inviting power generation, transmission, distribution, storage, trading and retai…
15 Dec 2025
The World Bank released its World Development Report 2025, "Standards for Development," on December 11 2025, finding that non-tariff measures linked to standards now influence nearly 90 percent of glo…
13 Dec 2025
The Scaling-Up Resilience in Africa's Great Green Wall (SURAGGWA) programme launched with a $222 million Green Climate Fund investment, approved in July 2025, to restore degraded landscapes across eig…
9 Dec 2025
Gavi and the World Bank Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding on December 6 2025 to mobilise at least US$2 billion in joint financing over 2026-2030 for immunisation, primary healthcare, and regi…
9 Dec 2025
The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board published a suite of eight illustrative assurance reports in late 2025 to support implementation of ISSA 5000, its global sustainability assura…
6 Dec 2025
The European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) has released a finalized proposed revision of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) that reduces mandatory data points by 61% a…
4 Dec 2025
The Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF) has launched an updated Global Greenhouse Gas Accounting and Reporting Standard for the Financial Industry, adding new methodologies to cover a …
3 Dec 2025
On November 18 2025, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an injunction halting CARB's enforcement of California SB 261, removing the January 1 2026 climate-risk reporting deadline, while SB 253 …
28 Nov 2025
The UK's Financial Reporting Council issued ISSA (UK) 5000, the country's first comprehensive sustainability assurance standard, effective for engagements on information for periods beginning on or af…
28 Nov 2025
The GHG Protocol updated its Actions and Market Instruments workstream, developing a multi-statement reporting framework for emissions impacts outside the traditional Scope 1, 2 and 3 inventory, with …
22 Nov 2025
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…
21 Nov 2025
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…
14 Nov 2025
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 …
14 Nov 2025
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…
13 Nov 2025
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…
12 Nov 2025
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