The ISSB has released proposed nature-related corporate reporting requirements, leading a busy week in ESG news. Coca-Cola, Nestle and Danone also committed to improve packaging claims after an EU greenwashing complaint, ESG Today reports. The claims will now be improved, after the complaint.
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Banks plan to ask IFSCA for relief from rules requiring their GIFT City units to put at least 5% of the previous year's loans and investments into sustainable lending. The move follows a sharp rise in FCNR(B) deposits there, the Economic Times reports. Growth has its paperwork.
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A Transparency International Pakistan assessment of 104 companies on the Pakistan Stock Exchange found an average transparency score of 66.73%, down from 72.3% in the previous assessment. It flagged weak disclosure on human rights, environmental, social and governance issues and anti-corruption measures.
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A CSRBOX report projects cumulative Indian CSR spending of 5.5 lakh crore rupees between April 2014 and March 2030, with annual spending rising from 10,065 crore rupees in FY 2014-15 to over 77,000 crore rupees by 2030. CSRBOX also launched a new forum, as reports tend to.
Read more at lokmattimes.com →DAB Pumps has published its first sustainability report, showing that about 99% of the group's carbon footprint comes from the use of its pumps after they are sold. The company says it has already beaten its 2030 target for Scope 1 and 2 emissions. The other 99% belongs to customers.
Read more at impeller.net →Steelcase's 2025 Impact Report says the office furniture maker cut its Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 33% between 2019 and 2025, from 121,694 to 81,943 tonnes. That puts it about two-thirds of the way to its 2030 goal of halving operational emissions. The chairs remain comfortable.
Read more at India News Network →DTE Energy's 2025 sustainability report outlines progress on retiring coal by 2032, scaling wind and solar and investing in grid reliability across Michigan. It frames decarbonisation as an infrastructure buildout tied to long-term spending and customer affordability, Simply Wall St notes. Customers will see it on the bill.
Read more at simplywall.st →The ebm-papst Group's voluntary sustainability report for 2025 to 26 shows installed solar capacity rose to 10.2 MWp. Power from its solar and gas-fired combined heat and power plants covered 14.4% of electricity use, with solar alone supplying 7.7%, Refindustry reports. Voluntary, and still published.
Read more at refindustry.com →Telefonica updated its climate plan on 6 October with a net zero target for 2040. The telecom group reported a 92.8% reduction in operational emissions by 2025 against its baseline, according to AD HOC NEWS, which tracked the stock at 3.42 euros. The share price was included for balance.
Read more at Ad Hoc News →The Global Enabling Sustainability Initiative, which works on sustainability through digital innovation and is marking 25 years, has named a new board for a three-year term. Etisalat group chief procurement officer Saeed AlZarooni was elected chairman, with Google and Greensparc executives in senior roles. Procurement now chairs sustainability.
Read more at ESG News →Argentina's stock exchange operator ByMA presented its 2025 sustainability report on 23 October, placing its role in the country's capital market at the centre of its investor material. The company holds a 99.96% stake in Caja de Valores, AD HOC NEWS reports. Nearly all of it, then.
Read more at Ad Hoc News →Specialised officials and senior finance professionals in Cambodia have completed training on the IFRS S1 and S2 sustainability disclosure standards. The course, led by a UN climate advisory group member, aimed to strengthen sustainability-related financial disclosure, Kiripost reports. The acronyms have been learned.
Read more at kiripost.com →Sustainability reporting is moving to the centre of strategic planning and capital allocation as firms face climate volatility and resource limits, say World Economic Forum governance experts. The business conversation, they argue, has moved from whether sustainability matters to how its data informs decisions. Progress, measured in conversations.
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EU negotiators agreed on 20 October to keep the mechanism that permanently cancels some allowances held in the emissions trading system's market stability reserve, while raising the threshold at which cancellations begin. The deal is not yet law and needs endorsement from both institutions. Provisional remains the operative word.
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BRAC Bank is set to issue a Tk1,000 crore green bond, becoming the first bank in Bangladesh to do so. The bond will follow Bangladesh Bank's green bond guidelines, with the launch due to be announced in Dhaka on 25 October, The Business Standard reports. Someone had to go first.
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The Green Climate Fund's 46th board meeting runs in South Korea from 26 to 29 October and will consider new financing proposals, policies for its next fundraising cycle and tighter monitoring of investments. COP31 follows in Antalya from 9 to 20 November. The meetings have their own meetings.
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The Philippines' Climate Change Commission will chair a new inter-agency committee on carbon markets under Executive Order 127. The order sets a governance framework for participation in international carbon markets under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and in the voluntary market. The carbon market now has a committee.
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The first Xingu Finance Talks in Bangkok gathered negotiators, finance ministries and development banks to discuss cheaper capital and guarantees for climate investment. Developing countries warned that private finance and debt swaps cannot replace rich nations' obligations under the Paris Agreement, Down To Earth reports.
Read more at downtoearth.org.in →Pakistan will need an estimated 565 billion dollars of investment by 2035 to meet its climate commitments, but debt repayments and weak international financing threaten that, State Minister for Climate Change Shezra Mansab Ali Khan Kharal said ahead of COP31.
Read more at theclimatewatch.com →Bangladesh has renewed pressure on wealthy nations to deliver overdue climate finance, saying vulnerable countries cannot carry the rising costs of heat, floods and storms alone. State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaid Islam made the appeal at a Dhaka meeting on COP31 strategy.
Read more at climate.economictimes.indiatimes.com →WWF argues that at COP31 the key question is where the money will come from to fulfil climate promises. Developing countries facing floods, droughts and heat need finance to adapt, deal with loss and damage and build cleaner, more resilient economies, it says.
Read more at wwf.panda.org →The San Antonio Food Bank is joining a carbon credit project developed by Brightly to fund more food rescue. Saving edible food prevents methane from landfills, and buyers of the credits help pay for the work, as Texas SNAP enrollment fell 21% in a year.
Read more at tpr.org →Experts at the Bharat International Rice Conference 2026 called for faster adoption of climate-smart rice farming, carbon credit mechanisms and better farmer incentives. The session looked at cutting the footprint of rice production while improving farmer profits, AgroSpectrum India reports. The paddy field is now a carbon asset.
Read more at AgroSpectrum India →Vietnam's amendments to its environmental protection law aim to build a framework for the carbon market, with forest carbon absorption services seen as a way to fund forest protection and improve local livelihoods. Commentators flag a gap in women's voices in governance.
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The UK Treasury is considering a carbon border charge on imported refined fuels, including petrol and diesel, in next week's Budget, The Telegraph reports. British refineries face net zero costs that foreign rivals do not, and the plan has raised fears of higher petrol prices. Drivers have noticed.
Read more at aol.ca →Guardian writers argue a UK government U-turn on electric vehicle policy could stall uptake just as sales soar. About 28% of new cars sold last month were fully electric, and EV drivers pay about 2.4p a mile while a full tank costs about 120 pounds. The U-turn arrives at speed.
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IEA head Fatih Birol called the COP31 presidency's goal of raising electricity's share of global final energy use to 35% by 2035 an important target. He said many countries are already ready to join the so-called 35 by 35 initiative, Daily Sabah reports. The name, at least, is agreed.
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Ministers from ten developed and developing countries have been paired to build consensus on finance, adaptation, mitigation, just transition and oceans at COP31 in Antalya next month, under joint Turkiye and Australia leadership, The Climate Watch reports. Consensus has been assigned a buddy system.
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India's recognition of heatwaves as natural disasters ahead of COP31 has exposed gaps in global adaptation finance, experts say. India's first adaptation communication to the UN estimated a cumulative adaptation need of Rs 56.68 trillion by 2030, Deccan Chronicle reports.
Read more at deccanchronicle.com →Turkey, host of COP31, is urging wealthy countries to spend more on climate support than on defence. Turkey plans heavy investment in renewables but also intends to expand oil and gas output. The summit runs in Antalya from 9 to 20 November.
Read more at oilprice.com →Turkiye is seeking to put climate adaptation at the centre of COP31 in Antalya, focusing on turning climate plans into concrete projects, mobilising funds for developing countries and making sure summit initiatives keep delivering measurable results, Daily Sabah reports. Every host hopes the summit outlives the summit.
Read more at dailysabah.com →Denmark's ambassador to Ankara, Ole Toft, said COP31 should move beyond pledges to concrete steps that speed up the energy transition and mobilise private investment. He said Danish and Turkish firms could also invest jointly in renewables in Africa and Central Asia. Beyond pledges remains a popular pledge.
Read more at Anadolu Agency →The Australian newspaper has run a campaign claiming widespread errors in the Bureau of Meteorology's temperature data, which shows the country has warmed by more than 1.5C since 1910. The Guardian examines what the claims are and why the record matters.
Read more at The Guardian →The Vietnamese city of Can Tho has issued a plan on environmental protection and climate change response for 2026 to 2030, dated 22 October. It focuses on green transformation and includes circular models such as rice straw recovery to cut emissions. The straw has a second career.
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Informal recyclers in Karachi already turn waste into economic value but remain excluded from formal planning, The Express Tribune reports. Uncollected and burned garbage worsens floods and air pollution in a city whose air met WHO daily guidelines on only three days in 2024.
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Bangladesh introduced extended producer responsibility guidelines on plastic waste in August and launched a National Plastic Action Plan Partnership with UNDP and the WEF this month. A Prothom Alo op-ed argues the government cannot tackle plastic across every village and town alone. The plastic is everywhere already.
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With long lead times for new power distribution equipment, circular strategies such as repair, remanufacturing and recycling offer a practical alternative, Machinery Market reports. Industrial and utility operators already rent and recondition transformers and switchgear. The circular economy, accelerated by a waiting list.
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Vietnam's National Assembly heard a draft amending its Law on Environmental Protection on 24 October. The changes aim to streamline procedures while promoting recycling, the circular economy and emission management, according to Vietnam.vn. Streamlining is also a form of reduction.
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The University of Guyana has concluded its part of the PROMAR project, which tackles plastic waste, mostly packaging and single-use plastics, flowing from land into rivers and the Caribbean Sea. The work combined research, innovation and community engagement. The sea was a silent partner.
Read more at demerarawaves.com →Repair cafe groups across Cornwall will receive tools and equipment from Kernow Reuse, run by SUEZ, to help volunteers fix more household goods and keep items out of landfill. The donation marked International Repair and Reuse Day. The toaster gets another chance.
Read more at falmouthpacket.co.uk →During debate on Vietnam's draft Investment Law amendments on 24 October, deputies from Dong Nai proposed support for technical assessment and consulting costs for industrial parks going green, saying it would create real impetus for the circular economy. Consultants, as ever, support going green.
Read more at Vietnam.vn →Minister of State for the Circular Economy Alan Dillon will address the Repaired Arts Circular Economy Symposium in Swinford, County Mayo, on 6 November. Longford and Mayo county councils are hosting the event on circular practice in the arts and festivals. Festival bunting is about to be reused.
Read more at mayonews.ie →The Institute of Packaging SA will run a free seminar programme at Propak Cape 2026 in Cape Town, with sessions on the circular economy, extended producer responsibility, recycling, plastics and packaging innovation, the Cape Times reports. The packaging industry will discuss packaging.
Read more at capetimes.co.za →Kawartha Lakes in Canada is encouraging residents to use local waste diversion programmes during Circular Economy Month in October. The city explains that a circular economy keeps products and materials in use for as long as possible instead of throwing them away. The month, unlike the materials, ends.
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China's proposed export controls on 12 solar manufacturing technologies, including bans on advanced equipment for wafers and polysilicon, could jeopardise India's plans for a fully domestic solar supply chain, industry players told BusinessLine. Immediate module disruption is seen as unlikely. Self-reliance needs the equipment first.
Read more at TradingView →KEC International has won a record 2,872 crore rupee order from Power Grid Corporation of India to build 765 kV transmission lines in Gujarat. The lines will help evacuate 8.5 GW of renewable energy, Sahi reports. Solar power, it turns out, also needs a road out.
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Companies contracted 55.9 GW of off-site clean electricity through power purchase agreements in 2025, down 10% from 2024, according to BloombergNEF. Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta together accounted for 49% of global procurement as data centres push up demand. The clean power market is mostly four customers.
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India must ramp up investment in battery storage and grid infrastructure to reach 500 GW of non-fossil capacity by 2030, experts said. India has crossed 300 GW of installed renewable capacity, said Jai Asundi of CSTEP, Deccan Herald reports. The sun sets daily, and the plan has noticed.
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Brazil's Copersucar signed the world's first commercial contract to supply ethanol to ships, with fuel trader Bunker One and shipping line CMA CGM. The deal covers seven bunkering operations at the Port of Santos by December, using about 10 million litres. Ships are trying the sugarcane option.
Read more at valorinternational.globo.com →Microtek has invested over 400 crore rupees to grow its solar business and is setting up a new solar panel plant in Jaipur, expected to be operational by November 2026, the company said at the Renewable Energy Expo, Business Standard reports. The inverter company has moved closer to the sun.
Read more at Business Standard →Power and climate policy analyst Shankar Sharma has urged the Ministry of Power to urgently review sector priorities, citing rising renewable curtailment, transmission bottlenecks and delays in battery storage projects, Counterview reports. The clean power exists. Getting it anywhere is the issue.
Read more at counterview.net →The Solar Energy Corporation of India has signed an MoU with the Ministry of Home Affairs to facilitate grid-connected rooftop solar installations across MHA buildings nationwide under the PM Surya Ghar Yojana, Energetica India reports. Government roofs are joining government schemes.
Read more at energetica-india.net →Unilever Philippines had cut its Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 77% against a 2015 baseline by the end of 2025, helped by early investment in renewable energy. Unilever aims to eliminate those emissions entirely by 2030, Philstar reports. The remainder is traditionally the stubborn part.
Read more at philstar.com →Pune-based renewable energy consultancy SgurrEnergy has crossed 240 GW of renewable capacity designed and engineered worldwide. As it enters its 25th year, the company aims to support 400 GW of capacity globally by 2030. The anniversary target is larger than the anniversary.
Read more at thetimes.com.au →Planning discussions in India have raised the possibility of adding 105 to 150 GW of coal power as demand rises alongside solar and wind growth. Reliable supply after sunset remains the key concern, Dalal Street Investment Journal explains. Coal works nights.
Read more at insights.dsij.in →ESG and climate roles checked today. Every listing links to the original posting. Reusable cup not required for the interview.
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