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UK-based financial services company NatWest Group announced the launch of a new sustainable finance target, aiming to provide £200 billion in climate and transition finance between July 2025 and the end of 2030. The new goal marks a significant increase from NatWest’s prior target, to provide £100 billion in climate and sustainable funding and financing […]

This week in ESG news: SBTi launches its net zero target standard for banks and investors; JPMorgan, Microsoft develop new financing model to scale carbon removal projects; Deutsche Bank reports its strongest sustainable finance results in 4 years; Morgan Stanley survey finds businesses increasingly see profitability, growth opportunities from sustainability initiatives; Lloyds launches carbon and […]

Abu Dhabis erster umweltorientierter Klimaanpassungsplan sieht 142 Maßnahmen vor, darunter 86 Projekte mit hoher Priorität für die nächsten fünf Jahre Der Plan zielt auf drei klimagefährdete Systeme ab – Grundwasser, Boden und Biodiversität –, die für die Ernährungssicherheit, die Wasserversorgung und die Gesundheit der Ökosysteme von entscheidender Bedeutung sind. Der adaptive Fahrplan wurde mit über […]

Deutsche Bank recorded its strongest sustainable finance quarter in four years in Q2 2025, according to the bank’s quarterly results released on Thursday, which included more than €28 billion (USD$33 billion) in sustainable finance and investment volumes, the highest in any quarter since 2021.

Kimberly-Clark UK & Ireland, the manufacturer of household brands including Andrex and Kleenex, has become the first major consumer products company in the UK to sign long-term offtaker agreements for green hydrogen, to decarbonize production of products including toilet and facial tissues. The company is partnering with Carlton Power and HYRO – the latter being […]

The European Commission announced the release of a new Call for Evidence, seeking input on a planned upcoming “environmental omnibus proposal” aimed at simplifying environmental legislation and reducing administrative burdens for companies in areas including circular economy, industrial emissions and waste management. The initiative forms part of a major simplification push in the EU, and […]

TotalEnergies arbeitet mit NativState zusammen, um 100,000 Hektar Waldland in vier US-Bundesstaaten zu erhalten und so eine nachhaltige Forstwirtschaft und die lokalen Gemeinden zu unterstützen. Alle CO2030-Gutschriften aus dem Projekt werden von ACR zertifiziert und ab 1 von TotalEnergies zum Ausgleich der verbleibenden Scope-2- und XNUMX-Emissionen verwendet. Über 280 private Landbesitzer erhalten Zugang zu freiwilligen […]

Sustainability standards body Gold Standard announced the publication of its Engineered Removals Activity Requirements, a new framework aimed at setting benchmark requirements for the certification of high-integrity engineered carbon dioxide removal (CDR) projects. Engineered removals refer to technology-based solutions that physically extract CO2 from the atmosphere, such as direct air capture (DAC) and bio-energy with […]

Climate data solutions provider Jupiter Intelligence announced the launch of a series of new tools, aimed at enabling banks and asset managers to quantify physical climate risk within their portfolios and to calculate the ROI on resilience investments. The new tools will form part of Jupiter Intelligence’s flagship ClimateScore Global climate analytics platform. Launched in […]

Nature-based carbon removal startup Chestnut Carbon announced that it has secured a new $210 million project finance credit facility, led by J.P. Morgan and backed by a massive forest-focused carbon removal offtake agreement recently signed with tech giant Microsoft. The agreement marks the first financing of its kind for a U.S. voluntary carbon removal afforestation […]