A group of 15 financial institutions, including Federated Hermes, Nordea AM and Rabobank, has written to the ISSB asking for a mandatory, standalone standard on nature-related risks. The ISSB launched a consultation last week on a non-mandatory Practice Statement. Investors asked for a rule and were offered a statement.
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GHG Protocol plans to delay mandatory application of stricter Scope 2 rules that would make companies match clean energy purchases to the time and location of their electricity use. Its consultation found very low support from companies for the change. The companies being measured were consulted, and preferred not.
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The EU Platform on Sustainable Finance has warned against weaker reporting rules for non-EU companies in EFRAG's draft ESRS 40-a advice. It objects to a 'mixed approach' letting them report only impacts connected to the EU. WWF EU said this risks obscuring major impacts elsewhere in global value chains.
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The ISSB has proposed a Practice Statement on Nature-related Disclosures, published during the COP17 biodiversity talks. The consultation closes on 19 February 2027 and asks whether the guidance should stay a practice statement or become a formal standard. It could shape reporting by African firms in mining, agriculture and finance.
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More than eight in 10 investors in Morgan Stanley's 2026 Sustainable Signals survey plan to raise sustainable allocations. Only 2% of asset owners expect growth above 10 percentage points, against about one fifth in 2025. Adaptation has overtaken mitigation as the top theme. Enthusiasm remains, in smaller portions.
Read more at ESG News →A Responsible Investor comment piece reviewed CSRD reports from 74 banks in an EFRAG dataset plus seven large Norwegian banks. Climate and own workforce were rated material in more than 90 percent of reports. Workers in the value chain made it into 23 percent, and Indigenous peoples' rights into none.
Read more at Responsible Investor →Datamaran has launched Applicability Assessment, a tool in its Regulatory Monitoring Platform that tells companies which ESG regulations apply to which of their entities and jurisdictions. Many firms still check hundreds of regulations by hand and repeat it whenever rules change. The rules now come with a finder.
Read more at ESG Today →Lufthansa Group is renaming its Green Fare to Impact Fare, citing 'new regulatory requirements for environmental communication'. Introduced in 2023, the fare funds extra sustainable aviation fuel covering 20% of a Europe flight's estimated emissions, plus climate projects for the rest. The word green has quietly left the cabin.
Read more at ESG Today →EQS Group, which calls itself 'a global leader in agentic AI SaaS for compliance', says the Science Based Targets initiative has validated its near-term and net-zero emissions targets. The announcement notes that the issuer is solely responsible for its content. The compliance company has, on this occasion, complied.
Read more at TradingView →The latest Climate Action 100+ benchmark shows more North American target companies with declining net zero scores, while European companies improved on Just Transition, Responsible Investor reports. The full analysis requires a free account with the publication, which is a smaller commitment than net zero.
Read more at Responsible Investor →Former Sustainalytics stewardship executives have launched Common Capital Engagement Partners, a firm they describe as 'structurally independent'. Conflict zone engagement is one of the three service types it will offer, Responsible Investor reports. The rest of the piece is for subscribers.
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The European Investment Bank Group will provide at least 30 billion euros in climate adaptation finance from 2026 to 2030, double the roughly 15 billion euros delivered from 2021 to 2025. Support targets SMEs, farmers and cities, and a free tool called ClimateSET will give clients location-specific climate risk data.
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BRAC Bank will issue a Tk 10 billion green bond from November 15, the first by a Bangladeshi bank under the central bank's green bond policy. The three-year zero-coupon bond will finance renewable energy, green buildings and industrial energy efficiency projects as the lender expands funding for sustainable investment.
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Safaricom is considering a digital carbon credit marketplace where Kenyan businesses and communities could sell credits to buyers, with payments through M-Pesa. It would be modelled on the Nairobi Securities Exchange and depends on government regulation and approvals. Safaricom has ruled out trading credits itself for now.
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Akaysha Energy has secured a 1.23 billion dollar debt facility from 11 banks, moving the debt on its Brendale, Ulinda Park, Orana and Elaine battery projects into one portfolio-level structure. The company says it supports a roughly 6 GW, 25 GWh Australian pipeline. Four loans became one.
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A proposed revision of the EU Emissions Trading System would set aside up to 110 million allowances from 2028 to 2040 to help shipowners switch to alternative fuels. IndexBox says the plan favours bioLNG and e-fuels, while waste-based biodiesel gets no support. Some green fuels are greener on paper.
Read more at indexbox.io →Nature financing pledges at the Yerevan Biodiversity Summit have reached 1.8 billion dollars, alongside a new drive to reform subsidies that harm nature, as the final week of the UN biodiversity talks in Armenia gets underway, BusinessGreen reports. The full piece is for subscribers.
Read more at BusinessGreen →Lebanon's environment minister Tamara El Zein has launched preparations for a national carbon market roadmap under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, backed by UNDP's Climate Promise. Work starts with the waste sector, where she said carbon finance could improve project viability. Consultations will then expand to energy.
Read more at mtv.com.lb →Carbon Tracker found that 30 upstream oil and gas companies committed 59 billion dollars in 2025 to projects that do not add up under plausible future energy demand scenarios, edie reports. The research feeds the Climate Action 100+ Net Zero Company Benchmark. The full article needs a free edie account.
Read more at edie →A BW Businessworld piece argues that green bonds could link long-term investors with renewable power, clean transport and resilient infrastructure, provided the money turns into productivity and good jobs. The Reserve Bank of India estimates India needs green finance of at least 2.5% of GDP a year until 2030.
Read more at BW Businessworld →Isabel Reuss of Italy's Forum for Sustainable Finance tells Renewable Matter that the challenge in biodiversity finance is connecting data and bringing projects together. The forum published a practitioners' guide in 2024 at the height of the European regulatory cycle, which has since given way to simplification.
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Global Canopy estimates nature loss puts 140 million European jobs at risk, including 20.6 million in the UK worth about 650 billion pounds in annual wages and 21.8 million in Germany. Risks include reduced hours, changed job remits and supply chain problems. The data was published during COP17.
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The first week of COP17 in Yerevan found the world largely off track on the Kunming-Montreal biodiversity goals, edie reports. Delegates adopted 14 decisions on education, awareness, monitoring and reporting. Disagreements persist over conservation finance, corporate contributions and community participation. The full roundup is for edie members.
Read more at edie →Ministers are considering incentives for carmakers to add vehicle to grid technology as part of a review of the zero emission vehicle mandate, the Guardian reports. Cars would charge cheaply overnight and sell power back at peak demand, helping balance the grid when wind and solar output is low.
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Netherlands trade minister Sjoerd Sjoerdsma said the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism will not be renegotiated, calling it crucial for meeting Paris Agreement goals. He acknowledged the difficulties facing smaller firms in India and other countries and said the Netherlands is committed to helping them.
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The UN Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage has provisionally approved 21.6 million dollars for Nepal after the debris flow and flash flood of August 26. The board decided at an extraordinary meeting on October 22. Nepal must still apply, and the board will consider the request in December.
Read more at Mongabay India →African governments are drafting rules for waste from solar panels, batteries and other clean tech as installations surge. Ember projects a record 17 GW of solar on the continent in 2026, about 100,000 panels a day. Officials warn the transition could create a new environmental problem without investment in recycling.
Read more at Climate Home News →Chris Stark, outgoing head of the UK's Mission Control for Clean Power, told the Net Zero Investor Forum the 2030 target is 'not dead'. It calls for at least 95% of Great Britain's electricity from clean sources. Stark announced this month he will step down in January.
Read more at netzeroinvestor.net →A new electrification index finds China cementing its position as the world's leading 'electrostate', BusinessGreen reports, with a widening gap between countries accelerating their clean energy transition and those still reliant on costly fossil fuels. The full write-up is for subscribers.
Read more at BusinessGreen →Ofgem, government and energy firms have launched a joint initiative to make it easier for homes and businesses to install EV chargers, heat pumps, solar panels and batteries, BusinessGreen reports. The full story is for subscribers.
Read more at BusinessGreen →NFU Scotland wants next week's UK Budget to ease cost pressures on farmers and crofters and to give urgent clarity on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism before it starts in January. The union says indicative rates have been published, but farmers still cannot judge the effect on fertiliser prices.
Read more at thescottishfarmer.co.uk →A forum at the Changwon Convention Center on October 26 argued that Gyeongnam's ability to respond to the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism will decide the export competitiveness of its core industries. About 200 people from academia and industry attended and called for support felt on the ground.
Read more at biz.chosun.com →Ruth Davis, the UK's nature envoy, told Responsible Investor at COP17 that ecosystems are key to economic security. She said government needs to help infrastructure investors understand the value of nature-based systems for resilience. The full interview is for the publication's subscribers.
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Balrampur Chini Mills is building what it calls India's first large-scale sugarcane-based biopolymer plant at Kumbhi in Lakhimpur Kheri. It aims for 80,000 tons a year of PLA bioplastic, at an investment of about Rs 2,800 to 3,000 crore. Each kilogram of PLA needs about 1.7 kg of raw sugar.
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The Inter-American Development Bank has approved a 150 million dollar program for solid waste management in Bogota, supported by its Too Good to Waste initiative. The IDB says the initiative turns investment needs into bankable projects through technical help and innovation. Rubbish has been promoted to strategic development priority.
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The European Commission has launched the Bio-based Europe Alliance to speed adoption of bio-based materials and products, and more than 100 stakeholders have joined. Commissioner Jessika Roswall launched it in Dublin on 21 October. It aims to connect buyers with producers stuck between demonstration and commercial production.
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BRICS countries are building recycling infrastructure at very different speeds, TV BRICS reports. China runs 1,137 waste-to-energy plants handling 1.11 million metric tons a day. Brazil recycled 1.8% of municipal waste in 2022, while its aluminium can recycling rate reached 100%. The cans, at least, are doing their part.
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PLDT and Smart will put 'Be Kind. Recycle.' bins in Philippine SEC offices for used telecom devices, adding to more than 200 collection points nationwide. They have recovered 42.5 metric tons of e-waste, since 2023, avoiding an estimated 17.3 metric tons of emissions. Regulators have old chargers.
Read more at insiderph.com →KCC has signed an agreement with the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, social enterprise Usisan and social cooperative Muhansangsa to collect discarded safety helmets from business sites. Usisan will recycle them into raw material for new helmets. The helmets return to the only job they know.
Read more at biz.chosun.com →The iRECYCLE-Malaysia project, a UK and Malaysia research collaboration led by Professor Peter Nockemann, is developing more sustainable ways to recover valuable materials from e-waste, Circular Online reports. The world generates more than 60 million tonnes of electronic waste a year, one of the fastest growing waste streams.
Read more at circularonline.co.uk →Water pollution can bring fines, cleanup costs, production shutdowns and reputational damage, a Trellis contributor writes. Companies including Cargill, Kering and Levi Strauss are adding water quality targets tied to local conditions and extending them into supply chains. Ceres will benchmark corporate progress again in 2027.
Read more at Trellis →Dr Ross Headifen, co-founder of landfill biodegradable plastics brand Biogone, asks in Waste Management Review whether Australia can achieve a circular economy for plastics. He argues that turning soft plastic packaging into garden furniture is downcycling, since it does not make more packaging. The garden furniture was unavailable for comment.
Read more at wastemanagementreview.com.au →The Interreg project Creative Circular Cities has wrapped up after three years with pilots in Aarhus, Gdynia, Kiel, Riga, Tallinn and Turku. Designers, makers and community groups worked with local authorities, engaging thousands of people and changing city strategies. It ends with a policy roadmap for decision-makers.
Read more at Ad Hoc News →A Punjab Kesari editorial argues India must move beyond Swachh Bharat to a circular economy where waste is treated as a resource. It credits the 2014 campaign with building toilets and reducing open defecation, but says its success in solid waste management remains incomplete.
Read more at english.punjabkesari.com →The 18th Asia Pacific Roundtable for Sustainable Consumption and Production met in Ho Chi Minh City as a side event of the Autumn Economic Forum 2026. Organised by the Institute for Circular Economy Development, it focused on linking science and industry to speed digital and green transformation across key sectors.
Read more at en.sggp.org.vn →Vietnam's Song Da Cao Cuong processes fly ash from thermal power plants, gypsum and other industrial by-products into construction materials. The company says reusing by-products has been its direction from the very beginning, and it is building fly ash research capacity. Fly ash had a business plan all along.
Read more at Vietnam.vn →Kirk Siderman-Wolter, founder of Darlington-based Take Root Bio, tells BusinessGreen how the company is learning from astronauts to convert dairy waste into energy back on Earth. Space, it turns out, has a food waste plan. The full interview is for subscribers.
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Jakson Solar plans to invest up to 50 billion rupees, about 525 million dollars, in capacity for 3 GW of solar cells and 3 GW of ingots and wafers. Managing director Ivan Saha announced it at Renewable Energy India Expo, with the aim of cutting reliance on imported panel materials.
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Masdar has agreed to buy a solar project of more than 550 MW in Greece from Lightsource bp and plans battery storage. Due online by the end of 2026, it should power more than 200,000 homes a year. Masdar and Khazna will also explore green data centres in Greece.
Read more at ESG News →Reflect Orbital lit up desert near Lone Pine, California, at night, startling locals, as a demonstration of its plan to reflect sunlight from giant space mirrors. It aims to launch 50,000 satellites in a decade. The FCC approved one demonstration satellite in July. Night has been asked to reconsider.
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Sembcorp Industries is meeting investors for an IPO of its Indian renewables unit, Sembcorp Green Infra, that could raise up to Rs 3,750 crore as early as December, Bloomberg reported. The Temasek-backed company filed draft papers in August. Proceeds from the fresh issue would repay borrowings.
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TotalEnergies and KKR will add 700 MW of renewable capacity to their 50:50 US joint venture, which already holds 1.4 GW. The three solar projects in Texas and Ohio have an enterprise value of 1.2 billion dollars and should start commercial operation in the first quarter of 2027.
Read more at The Machine Maker →KEC International has won turnkey orders worth Rs 2,872 crore from Power Grid Corporation for 765 kV transmission lines, which it calls the largest single order for its India transmission business. The lines will help evacuate 8.5 GW of renewable energy from Gujarat. No route map or schedule was disclosed.
Read more at inews.zoombangla.com →LinkedIn's Global Green Skills Report 2026 says the share of green hiring rose 25% in a year while green talent grew 13%. Nearly three in four green hires go into roles without traditionally green titles. Women are three in ten green-skilled workers. The green jobs are hiding in plain titles.
Read more at ESG News →SgurrEnergy, an India-headquartered renewable energy consultancy, is targeting 400 GW of renewable capacity designed and engineered globally by 2030, after completing 240 GW across more than 60 countries. Director Arif Aga said the next 160 GW requires looking beyond individual projects. The company turned 24 in October.
Read more at BusinessDay →India is 'uniquely positioned' to produce low-cost renewable power round the clock, Power2X chief executive Occo Roelofsen told ANI in The Hague. He cited cheap solar and capable battery and pumped storage industries. The Netherlands-based company sees India emerging as a major supplier of green fuels.
Read more at ANI News →HCLTech has expanded its Climate Action Grant for non-profits fighting climate change and restoring ecosystems to 24 countries. Previously focused on the Americas, the program now covers regions including Australia, Europe and Asia. Winners will be announced on June 5, 2027, which leaves plenty of time to write the proposal.
Read more at investywise.com →POWERGRID has commissioned the Phase II scheme integrating renewable energy zones at Koppal-II and Gadag-II in Karnataka. The project's original subsidiary was amalgamated with POWERGRID Khavda II-C Transmission Limited after a corporate affairs ministry order. Somewhere beneath that sentence, electricity now flows.
Read more at powerline.net.in →Genus Innovation is positioning its energy storage systems and renewable energy management solutions as drivers of its next growth phase, Deccan Herald reports. It launched a Hi-FLO hybrid solar inverter this year alongside its MaxiLion lithium inverter, aiming to move beyond backup power into integrated energy solutions.
Read more at Deccan Herald →UrbanChain and Blackfinch Energy have agreed a 'wide-ranging' UK renewables partnership comprising 59GWh of renewable generation a year, BusinessGreen reports. The full story is for subscribers. Wide-ranging, in this case, is measured in gigawatt hours.
Read more at BusinessGreen →ESG and climate roles checked today. Every listing links to the original posting. Reusable cup not required for the interview.
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