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The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market and the Voluntary Carbon Market Integrity Initiative launched a call for board nominations for a new Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities VCM …
28 Nov 2023
The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market has opened a public nomination process for the Governing Board of the Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities VCM Engagement Forum, with applicat…
28 Nov 2023
The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market and the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative are seeking expressions of interest from partner organisations to co-host a new IPs and LCs …
28 Nov 2023
Australia's Treasury unveiled a proposed Sustainable Finance Strategy featuring mandatory climate-related financial reporting, a sustainable finance taxonomy, and a labelling system for sustainable in…
7 Nov 2023
ESG Flo, an AI-powered ESG data infrastructure platform, raised $5.25 million in seed funding led by Rho Ignition and Tola Capital to build auditable ESG data systems for EU CSRD and US SEC compliance…
5 Nov 2023
The CFA Institute, GSIA and PRI jointly released harmonised definitions for five responsible-investment terms: screening, ESG integration, thematic investing, stewardship, and impact investing. The st…
2 Nov 2023
The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) has launched formal assessments of carbon-crediting programs and credit categories against its Core Carbon Principles (CCP) Assessment Fra…
1 Nov 2023
The EU Council formally adopted on 23 October 2023 a regulation establishing the European Green Bond (EuGB) standard tied to the EU taxonomy. The voluntary label sets a global benchmark that Indian is…
25 Oct 2023
A high-level roundtable co-organised by the Climate Bonds Initiative, ODI, auctusESG, and IEEFA has identified ten priority actions for India's sustainable finance roadmap in the post-G20 period. Part…
11 Oct 2023
Amperon, an AI-based electricity demand forecasting platform, closed a $20 million Series B led by Energize Capital, lifting total funding to $30 million. As Indian power markets adopt variable renewa…
5 Oct 2023
The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) has appointed Amy Merrill as interim Chief Operating Officer, succeeding William McDonnell who is departing to become Chief Financial Offi…
5 Oct 2023
Carbon Streaming will supply Microsoft up to 10,000 metric tonnes annually of carbon removal credits from the Waverly Biochar project in Virginia. The deal expands corporate demand for durable carbon …
25 Sept 2023
Plan A, a European corporate carbon accounting and ESG reporting software provider, closed a $27 million round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with Visa and Deutsche Bank participating. Rising inve…
23 Sept 2023
Astanor Ventures closed its second venture fund at €360 million, lifting assets under management to about €800 million for agrifood technology impact investing. The close signals sustained capital for…
20 Sept 2023
The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market has issued a call for carbon methodology experts to join Multi-Stakeholder Working Groups that will assess categories of carbon credits against th…
18 Sept 2023
Optera, an ESG and carbon management software provider, closed a $12 million Series A round led by Next Frontier Capital with participation from Blackhorn Ventures, Mucker Capital and others. The fund…
16 Sept 2023
Pulsora, a sustainability management platform used by over 400 global companies, closed a $20 million Series A round led by Galvanize Climate Solutions to fund expansion across North America, Europe, …
14 Sept 2023
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged $2 billion to the UN-backed Green Climate Fund at the G20 Leaders Summit in New Delhi, a 12.7% increase on its previous commitment. The pledge strengthens interna…
11 Sept 2023
The European Commission's June 2023 proposal to regulate ESG rating activities does not explicitly uphold the principle of double materiality, a core pillar of the EU's broader sustainable finance fra…
11 Sept 2023
Boston Metal closed a $262 million Series C round to scale its Molten Oxide Electrolysis platform for carbon-neutral steel and high-value metals production. The raise targets one of the hardest-to-aba…
8 Sept 2023
Berlin-based Nuventura closed a €25 million Series A round to scale its SF6-free medium-voltage gas-insulated switchgear, replacing a greenhouse gas with 25,200 times the warming potential of CO2. As …
6 Sept 2023
Soil carbon measurement company Yard Stick PBC closed a $10.6 million Series A round led by Toyota Ventures Climate Fund. Cheaper, faster soil-carbon measurement could lower verification costs for agr…
2 Sept 2023
AI metals-sorting company Sortera Technologies closed a $30.5 million Series C round led by RA Capital Management-Planetary Health. Advances in automated metals recycling could reshape global scrap fl…
2 Sept 2023
Battery-materials recycler Redwood secured over $1 billion in a Series D round to expand US production and domestic supply chains. Closed-loop battery-material recovery offers a model relevant to Indi…
30 Aug 2023
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