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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) released a list of more than 4,000 companies that will be required to comply with the state’s new climate reporting laws, mandating disclosures on climate-related risks and opportunities, and for some companies on value chain greenhouse gas emissions as well. To a report by ESG today. 26.09.2025

French energy giant TotalEnergies announced that its consortium with German power producer RWE has been awarded the Centre Manche 2 (AO8) offshore wind tender by the government of France, winning a bid to design, develop, build and operate the largest-ever renewable energy project in France. To a report by ESG today. 25.09.2025

The European Commission is looking to further delay the implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) – its new law aimed at ensuring that products imported to or exported from EU markets no longer contribute to deforestation and forest degradation globally – for a year, due to concerns that IT systems currently in place will […]

Die institutionellen Investoren in der EMEA-Region setzen Maßstäbe beim nachhaltigen Investieren. Laut einer Erhebung der BNP Paribas ist der Anteil ambitionierter ESG-Strategien nirgendwo sonst so hoch wie im Wirtschaftsraum Europa, Naher Osten und Afrika. Nach einem Report von dpn. 26.09.2026

Die Finanzaufsicht BaFin stimmt einem No-Action-Letter der Europäischen Bankenaufsichtsbehörde (EBA) zu, mit dem die EBA vor allem kleine Institute entlastet. Die EBA gewährt darin einen Aufschub bei bestimmten ESG-Offenlegungspflichten. Die BaFin hat dazu am 24. September 2025 eine Aufsichtsmitteilung veröffentlicht. Sie stimmt darin Inhalt und Ausrichtung des EBA-Dokuments ausdrücklich zu und berücksichtigt es in ihrer […]

Ingka Investments, the investment arm of Ingka Group, the largest IKEA retailer, announced that it has made a minority investment in BlackRock portfolio company Vanguard Renewables, and a partnership to turn food waste from IKEA stores into renewable fuel. To a report by ESG today. 23.09.2025

Italian energy company Eni announced today that it has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) worth more than $1 billion with Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), to offtake energy from CFS’ first commercial fusion plant, which is anticipated to come online in Chesterfield County, Virginia in the early 2030s. To a report by ESG today. 22.09.2025

The European Council released a “statement of intent” committing to set a 2035 emissions reduction target for the EU prior to the COP30 international climate conference in November, shortly after lawmakers acknowledged that they will miss the end of September deadline to submit its goal at the conference, as required by the Paris Agreement, as […]

This week in ESG news: EPA to scrap requirements to report GHG emissions; survey finds half of corporate buyers plan to drop unsustainable suppliers; SEC ordered by court to decide fate of its climate reporting rules; Mars launches program to accelerate renewable energy deployment in its supply chain; Microsoft buys $6 billion of renewables-powered computing […]