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A Trellis-reported study of close to 150 large companies found SBTi validation was the only one of eight strategies associated with emissions cuts, and the link grew stronger the longer targets stayed in place. Linking CEO pay to climate goals was associated with higher emissions.
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The EU Platform on Sustainable Finance and Eurosif want EFRAG to drop a proposed mixed approach in its draft standards for non-EU companies, which would let large foreign firms disclose less on their impacts than EU peers. Deloitte also raised concerns as the consultation nears close.
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Lufthansa Group cited new regulatory requirements for environmental communication as it renamed the fare more than 5 million passengers have booked since 2023. Each booking funds extra sustainable aviation fuel equal to 10 to 20% of a flight's estimated emissions. Same fare, more cautious adjective.
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Tougher EU rules against greenwashing under the EmpCo directive took effect on 27 September, restricting generic environmental claims and tightening control of labels. A Responsible Investor comment warns that SFDR revisions could create fund categories that give weak sustainability claims more authority.
Read more at Responsible Investor →China's three stock exchanges required constituents of major indices such as the SSE 180 and ChiNext, plus dual-listed companies, to publish sustainability reports for calendar 2025 by 30 April 2026. Other listed firms are encouraged to follow voluntarily. The rules largely track international standards.
Read more at cliffordchance.com →A Climate Home News investigation found Koç Holding, Global Business Partner of COP31 in Antalya, and its refining arm Tüpraş cut their 2030 emissions targets in 2025 while planning to run refineries at high capacity amid rising oil profits.
Read more at CarbonCredits.com →The first wave of sustainability reporting for Group 1 entities dominated CA ANZ's sustainability conference. Chief executive Ainsley Van Onselen said sustainability has moved from a reporting exercise to a core business imperative and that collaboration and strong documentation are essential.
Read more at accountingtimes.com.au →A Climate Rising episode features researchers behind the Salata Institute Corporate Climate Targets Database, covering Russell 3000 companies from 2000 to 2024. Early findings include a rise and recent decline in targets, and evidence that firms with targets cut emissions intensity faster.
Read more at hbs.edu →Speakers at the GreenShift Sustainability Forum in Nairobi on October 22 said investors, lenders and customers now want credible data and demonstrable results. The gap between publishing a sustainability report and proving its commitments reflect real operations was the central theme.
Read more at Kenyan Wall Street →SES ESG Research cut eMudhra's ESG score in its 2026 report, citing recent corporate announcements related to the certificate business. eMudhra said it did not engage SES for the rating, which was done independently using publicly available information.
Read more at businessupturn.com →A new Morgan Stanley survey found most asset owners and asset managers view responsible use of AI as part of their sustainable investment strategy rather than a separate topic, ESG Dive reports. The full article sits behind a site check.
Read more at ESG Dive →Investors praised the ISSB's nature framework for its location considerations, scenario analysis and alignment with TNFD, Responsible Investor reports, while an industry group called for a standalone standard. The full piece requires a free account to read.
Read more at Responsible Investor →Sustainable investing analyst Hortense Bioy has launched a framework to help investors understand companies' relationships with AI, flagging concerns on workforce, environmental impact and AI incidents. The full piece requires a free Responsible Investor account.
Read more at Responsible Investor →Cambridge University's investment office is recruiting asset owners to endorse new sustainability principles for hedge fund managers, which it says can help investors address a complex asset class. The full piece requires a free Responsible Investor account.
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Carbon Brief analysis based on FOI requests finds about £2.1bn the UK counted towards its 2021 to 2026 climate finance pledge was not new spending but relabelled development bank, private investment and humanitarian funding. Without it, the UK would have fallen nearly £1bn short.
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Under an Article 6.2 deal, ATEC Global plans to distribute 76,000 smart electric cookstoves in Lilongwe and Blantyre, aiming to generate nearly 1.8 million carbon credits by 2030. Switzerland can count the emissions cuts towards its own climate targets.
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Ghana, chairing the African Group of Negotiators, asked UN climate chief Simon Stiell for three agenda items on tripling adaptation finance, trade and the Green Climate Fund. Last year's tripling target left out the baseline year, headline amount and who pays.
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Bengaluru's Mitti Labs signed a five-year offtake with Salesforce to scale alternate irrigation in rice, letting fields dry out in safe windows, across tens of thousands of Indian smallholder farms. The satellite-verified credits follow a similar Mitti Labs deal with Google weeks earlier.
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Finance talks at the COP17 nature summit in Yerevan are gridlocked over an EU proposal to widen the donor list so economies like China or Gulf states could contribute. A UN assessment shows governments are off track on nearly all 2030 biodiversity targets.
Read more at Climate Home News →Deutsche Bank posted €1.9 billion third-quarter profit after tax, its third straight record quarter. Sustainable and transition finance volumes excluding DWS reached €32 billion, the highest quarter since the strategy launched. Its CET1 ratio stood at 14.0%.
Read more at ESG News →Australian battery developer Akaysha Energy has a A$1.75 billion portfolio facility to refinance debt on four battery storage projects, backed by eleven banks including ANZ, BNP Paribas and MUFG. BlackRock's Climate Infrastructure business bought Akaysha in 2022.
Read more at CarbonCredits.com →Emvolon's Series A will fund its first commercial-scale modular system converting waste gas from landfills, dairies and flares into methanol and other fuels. The company repurposes internal combustion engines as chemical reactors, deployed at the source of the waste.
Read more at ESG Today →The European Investment Fund, backed by InvestEU, committed €30 million to Netherlands-based PureTerra II, an early-stage fund for water technology ventures moving from pilot to industrial scale. The EIF did not disclose the fund's target size or other investors.
Read more at ESG News →Nigeria's National Council on Climate Change pledged to help Cross River State attract climate finance and access carbon markets. Director-General Omotenioye Majekodunmi said the state's rainforests and biodiversity position it for carbon trading and nature-based solutions.
Read more at thesun.ng →Speaking at GBBC's Annual Blockchain Central event, Geisenberger said the lack of a digital framework makes carbon credits harder to finance. Trusted data, institution-ready standards and secure custody could help credits work as collateral and support structured products.
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Global average CO2 rose 2.8 ppm to about 153% of pre-industrial levels, faster than the past decade's average, the WMO said. Methane and nitrous oxide also hit records. The agency expects concentrations to climb further as a strong El Nino sets in.
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Chancellor John Healey said the UK remains committed to net zero while promising a radical reform of energy to break the grip of gas on bills. Measures include removing the gas standing charge, while £1bn is cut from the warm homes plan and £700m from hydrogen and CCS.
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Provisional Office for National Statistics data suggest the slight fall in UK emissions was led by a significant drop in CO2 from manufacturing, BusinessGreen reports. The full article sits behind a site check.
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The UK has recognised India's Carbon Credit Trading Scheme under its carbon border tax, but rules on calculating and verifying emissions are still being refined, officials say. India wants parallel talks on implementation. The UK has ruled out exemptions for trade partners.
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The COP31 presidency has presented the full text of a proposed Antalya Artificial Intelligence Pledge to position AI as a climate solution. edie notes its voluntary nature leaves concerns about real impact as generative AI strains power grids. The full analysis is for members.
Read more at edie →The government has approved what will become the UK's largest solar farm to incorporate sheep grazing, matching the record for the country's largest solar farm, BusinessGreen reports. The full article sits behind a site check.
Read more at BusinessGreen →An Oxfam study claims the UK's ultra rich emit more CO2 in just under a year than someone in the poorest half of the population has over three decades. BusinessGreen reports the figures. The full article sits behind a site check.
Read more at BusinessGreen →The Wildlife Trusts warn that properly funded Environmental Land Management schemes are vital for climate-resilient food chains and tackling inflation, calling them chronically underfunded. BusinessGreen reports the warning. The full article sits behind a site check.
Read more at BusinessGreen →England's Office for Environmental Protection welcomed new Environmental Development Plans but said there is little evidence they will deliver the promised environmental outcomes, BusinessGreen reports. The full article sits behind a site check.
Read more at BusinessGreen →The Public Accounts Committee warns taxpayers would face huge costs if the Sizewell C nuclear plant suffers delays or budget overruns under its funding model, BusinessGreen reports. The full article sits behind a site check.
Read more at BusinessGreen →China wants COP31 to discuss the free flow of green technology and trade protectionism, its vice-minister of ecology and environment Li Gao said. US and EU tariffs on Chinese cleantech, which they say is unfairly subsidised, are expected to resurface in Türkiye.
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LEGO is using e-methanol made from renewable electricity, water and captured CO2 in more than 90 rigid elements, including cross axles and Minifigure hands. The fuel comes from European Energy's Power-to-X plant in Denmark, with up to a 97% smaller carbon footprint.
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The University of Cape Town spinout separates urine from wastewater and turns it into reusable water and liquid fertiliser. Its pilots have processed more than 10,000 litres, including 3,600 litres at one rugby match at DHL Stadium.
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Australia leads the world in per-capita solar deployment, but end-of-life panel waste is projected to reach 1.1 million tonnes by 2035 and could triple by 2050. The government-sponsored RAND report finds the country lacks infrastructure, regulation and markets to handle it.
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SUEZ's Renew Hub, run with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, has saved 605,998 items from waste since 2021, including 7,942 bicycles and 34,872 electrical items. Its community fund has awarded more than £1.3 million to 128 local projects.
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A voluntary roadmap from the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission asks telecoms, broadcasting and courier firms to manage 15 million devices sustainably and set up 300 e-waste collection and refurbishment points by 2030, under the Lestari framework.
Read more at klsescreener.com →With the housing ministry preparing to require recycling facilities in all shopping malls, early adopters 1 Utama and IPC have run recycling hubs since 2009. They say success needs an early start, sustained commitment and participation from tenants and shoppers.
Read more at theedgemalaysia.com →Discarded heads, frames, skin and trimmings make up 30 to 70% of fish biomass, a review in Discover Life finds. Author Solomon Tesfay screened 430 records and argues the stream is an accessible opportunity if collection, processing and markets follow.
Read more at Bioengineer.org →A Trellis contributor reviews four largely bipartisan bills in Congress, including the PACK Act, which would create a voluntary federal framework for recyclable, compostable or reusable claims backed by third-party certification. It would preempt the state patchwork of labelling rules.
Read more at Trellis →Nearly 250 participants met in Hanoi to discuss rules and technology for safer, more sustainable food packaging. The seminar was organised by the Vietnam Association of Food Science and Technology, the National Institute for Food Control, Tetra Pak Vietnam and TH Group.
Read more at vietnamnews.vn →Average company investment in circular projects should rise from 131,000 euros in 2025 to 189,000 euros in 2026, a Politecnico di Milano report estimates. Projects above 500,000 euros will rise from 4% to 13%, though most stay below 150,000 euros.
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SIA will buy up to 4,800 tonnes of sustainable aviation fuel over three years from 2028, made from biomethane and industrial waste gases at Aether's Project Beacon on Pulau Bukom. Aether plans a plant at least 10 times larger by 2031.
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Microsoft will take all the power from two Blueleaf Energy solar projects in Japan under long-term PPAs coordinated by Macquarie, which owns Blueleaf. The companies did not disclose capacity. Projects supporting Microsoft in the UK, Spain and India total 540 MW.
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NLC India Renewables received a letter of intent from Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam for 300 MW of grid-connected wind power. It first won 100 MW in the Phase XI tender, then took two more 100 MW tranches under the greenshoe option.
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Mecpower Solutions and Navitas Solar plan a 5-GWh battery energy storage manufacturing facility in Karjan, Gujarat, expected to start operations in the first quarter of FY28. The partners say it will strengthen domestic storage manufacturing for India's renewable sector.
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Waaree Renewable Technologies has a letter of award to build a 450 MWp solar project in India for a domestic independent power producer. The engineering, procurement and construction work is scheduled for completion in financial year 2027 to 28.
Read more at solarquarter.com →Jindal Stainless invested about ₹5.08 crore for an additional 7% of a special purpose vehicle developing a 40 MW intra-state solar group captive project. The plant will supply power to its manufacturing units.
Read more at investywise.com →After upgrading four French packaging sites with heat pumps, electric handling equipment and renewable power, Smurfit Westrock says five more sites are done. It targets about 20 sites with net-zero Scope 1 and 2 emissions by the end of next year.
Read more at papnews.com →The partnership lets companies request product carbon footprints from suppliers, as CSRD and California's SB253 push Scope 3 reporting beyond spend-based averages. Sweep CEO Rachel Delacour says sustainability heads prefer defensible estimates over supplier data they cannot defend.
Read more at ESG Today →The US Green Building Council says weak transparency has hurt some data centre owners' community engagement. More than 2,000 data centres worldwide are LEED-certified or registered, covering 591 million square feet. It suggests home retrofit payments in local deals.
Read more at ESG News →Singapore's Energy Market Authority awarded Yokogawa Engineering Asia the grant to explore how industrial and distributed energy assets can support grid stability and decarbonisation. A*STAR's Advanced Energy and Decarbonisation Office administers the grant.
Read more at malaysiasun.com →Karamtara Engineering secured orders of about ₹1,199 crore across power transmission and renewable energy, it said in a regulatory filing. Joint Managing Director Rajiv Singh said they reinforce the company's role in India's energy transition.
Read more at energetica-india.net →The funding will support rollout of the Luthmore One boiler, which the company positions as an alternative green heating technology to heat pumps, BusinessGreen reports. The full article sits behind a site check.
Read more at BusinessGreen →ESG and climate roles checked today. Every listing links to the original posting. Reusable cup not required for the interview.
Climate weeks and ESG meetups coming up, each checked against its own page this morning. Take the metro if you can.
Climate, materials and circular-economy research that landed recently. Preprints say so on the card. Findings stay where the source put them.
Scientists have uncovered a long-lost volcanic system in Iran that dates back roughly 100 million years, revealing a hidden chapter in Earth's tectonic history. The discovery sheds new light on the disappearance of an ancient ocean and the powerful geological forces that reshaped the Middle East.
Announce Type: new Abstract: Significant wave height (SWH) retrieval from high-frequency (HF) radar data conventionally relies on Doppler-spectrum processing and interpretation of the weak second-order scattering continuum. This article investigates adaptive spatial processing for time-domain SWH estimation using ordered envelope. Preprint, not peer reviewed.
Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: The origin of carbon monoxide (CO) in Saturn's stratosphere remains uncertain, with proposed sources including internal thermochemical production, cometary impacts, and exogenic material from the rings and icy moons (i.e. Enceladus). We aim to constrain the. Preprint, not peer reviewed.
Announce Type: cross Abstract: Venus is home to vivid sulfur chemistry, with SO$_2$ as the major sulfur gas species and a global cloud layer between 47 and~70 km composed of H$_2$SO$_4$ and H$_2$O. The chemistry in the clouds has been. Preprint, not peer reviewed.
Announce Type: new Abstract: Improving convective-scale skill in data-driven regional weather models requires better representing rare high-impact events, training at native resolution, broadening variable output, and demonstrating performance in real-time settings. Here, we evaluate these challenges using HRRRCast, a data-driven. Preprint, not peer reviewed.
In his fourth term, the President can potentially negotiate across the divides that currently frustrate climate agreements, given his country’s status as Latin America’s largest economy, host to most of the Amazon, and its diplomatic relationships with the EU, the U.S., China, the BRICS countries and other devel
Laboratory tests show higher protein bioavailability in five plant-based products than in their chicken counterparts, researchers caution further studies needed to assess health benefits. Plant-based meat yields higher share of absorbable protein than traditional meat: study
The idea of turning a human body into compost might sound unusual, or even unsettling. But how does it actually work? Is it a better alternative to existing methods?. What is ‘human composting’, how does it work?
Talks on climate and sustainable practice. Each one was still up on YouTube this morning.
The Ruling Class Think Everything is Disposable (Including the Planet). From Our Changing Climate, 25 min.
America Is Turning Environmentalists into Terrorists. From Our Changing Climate, 47 min.
How Environmentalists Became the FBI's #1 Threat. From Our Changing Climate, 47 min.
The Environmentalists Who Destroyed $100,000,000. From Our Changing Climate, 52 min.
I'm taking a break (sort of...). From Our Changing Climate, 5 min.