Impact News

Agriculture-focused carbon platform Agreena announced it has secured a seven-year agreement with one of the world’s largest commodity trading houses for the purchase of 4.45 million tonnes of carbon credits over seven years from a project focused on supporting farmers in transitioning to regenerative agriculture. To a report by ESG today. 09.09.2026

Crop nutrition company Yara announced the inauguration of its new carbon capture facility at the company’s Yara Sluiskil ammonia and fertilizer plant in the Netherlands. To a report by ESG today. 08.09.2026

Eine internationale Untersuchung hat erhebliche Schwachstellen bei der Umsetzung von Nachhaltigkeitsstandards in der Wirtschaft aufgedeckt. Laut einer gemeinsamen Studie der University of Hong Kong, der Bentley University und der University of Melbourne verlagern zahlreiche Unternehmen ihre Emissionen gezielt auf Zulieferbetriebe, um die geltenden ESG-Kriterien (Environmental, Social and Governance) zu erfüllen. Nach einem Report von boerse-express. […]

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), Hong Kong’s central banking institution, announced the release of its draft “Phase 2A” of the Hong Kong Taxonomy, with proposals to expand its sustainable finance and investment classification system to include a series of new climate mitigation and adaptation categories, and additional activities targeting the low-carbon transition of hard-to-abate […]

This week in ESG news: Green bond issuance hits new record in Q2 2026; 16 U.S, states warn Big 4 accounting firms over “pushing” climate-related reporting; UN report says goal limiting climate change to 1.5°C out of reach; U.S. judge blocks New York’s $75 billion plan to charge oil companies for climate change costs; California […]

Global ocean-based shipping company Norden announced the completion of a new pilot transaction with Microsoft, marking the first delivery of verified emissions reduction by a maritime carrier through the RSB Book & Claim Registry. To a report by ESG today. 03.08.2026

Singapore’s Ministry of Transport’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAAS) announced that it will push back its new Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Levy for departing cargo flights by a year to 2028, but plans to go ahead with the implementation of its new requirement to add a SAF procurement fee for all departing passenger flights from the […]