US senators call on EPA to study reuse, refill

Recycling policy advocates Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., are teaming up again, this time on the REUSE Act, to assess opportunities in consumer packaging, food service and more.

By Maria Rachal • June 23, 2025

US electric vehicle sales are slowing amid policy shifts: BNEF

BloombergNEF cut its expectation for cumulative U.S. electric vehicle sales through 2030 by 14 million units.

By Robert Walton • June 23, 2025

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This year has shaped up to be a formative one for ESG, from the U.S. pulling out of major climate agreements to federal agencies recalibrating their approach to sustainability under the new administration.

By ESG Dive staff

Datamaran launches product for ESG risk, compliance management

The company's Core product will use AI-powered workflows to help corporate sustainability, legal and risk management teams comply with global climate and ESG disclosure regulations.

By Lamar Johnson • June 20, 2025

Companies are ‘very struck’ by SBTi’s net-zero standard draft changes: Sustainability Roundtable Inc.

James Boyle, CEO of the strategic sustainability advisory firm, said his clients are “definitely concerned” by the “high integrity, challenging standard” SBTi has put forward in its draft.

By Lamar Johnson • June 13, 2025

‘The world has changed’: PepsiCo CSO explains sustainability goal reset

Pepsi isn’t backing away from sustainability, says Chief Sustainability Officer Jim Andrew. He describes the shifts, from better aligning with global recycling infrastructure efforts to weighing the role of quantitative metrics for reuse.

By Katie Pyzyk • June 3, 2025

Clean power deployments neared record in Q1, but development pipeline growth slowed: ACP

Utility-scale solar and energy storage have made inroads in the Midwest and South, but political uncertainty could quash the momentum, the American Clean Power Association said.

By Brian Martucci • May 30, 2025

Sustainability platform Watershed launches free global emissions database

The database aims to help companies “address critical gaps in emissions reporting data to inform more impactful climate action.”

By Zoya Mirza • May 29, 2025

PepsiCo resets packaging sustainability goals, ditches reuse target

The company discontinued some sustainability goals and revamped others for packaging and emissions. PepsiCo says the goals are still ambitious and reflect external challenges to achieving targets.

By Katie Pyzyk • May 27, 2025

Why Giant Eagle pushed back its sustainability deadlines

The grocer adjusted two of its three sustainability strategy cornerstones by updating the benchmarks and moving the completion dates back by five years.

By Peyton Bigora • May 14, 2025

NOAA stops tracking cost of extreme weather and climate disasters

The data can't be replicated by city and state governments, scientists say.

By Robyn Griggs Lawrence • May 12, 2025

Tackling ESG: 3 keys to getting internal audits in order

CFOs should keep these priority areas in mind as they undergo internal audits and look to set themselves up for long-term ESG reporting success.

By Jack Reagan • May 9, 2025

How CSOs should use AI for sustainability: KPMG’s US ESG lead

KPMG’s Maura Hodge outlines some business opportunities for how companies can use artificial intelligence to aid their sustainability goals.

By Lamar Johnson • May 8, 2025

What the SBTi’s draft corporate net-zero standard revision means for businesses

The United Nations-backed group’s plan to update its corporate net-zero standard is a “shift toward a more inclusive, globally relevant framework,” says EcoAct’s Ruaridh Welsh.

By Ruaridh Welsh • May 7, 2025

DOT repeals highway GHG emissions reporting rule

The Biden-era rule, which required states and metropolitan planning organizations to monitor and set targets to reduce CO2 emissions, faced political opposition and lawsuits.

By Dan Zukowski • April 30, 2025

ISSB proposes easing corporate scope 3 reporting requirements

The global standard setter has suggested changes to its IFRS S2 framework aimed at providing companies relief from reporting scope 3 emissions related to certain financial activities.

By Zoya Mirza • April 29, 2025

More anti-DEI shareholder proposals fail at Goldman Sachs, Levi’s

Proposals aimed at overturning or altering companies’ DEI practices have been unpopular with shareholders. Submissions to the financial institution and clothing company received less than 2% support.

By Lamar Johnson • April 28, 2025

Mondelēz sustainability report shows challenges in lowering virgin plastic

The snack foods manufacturer detailed gaps between its 2024 virgin and recycled plastic trends and its 2025 targets in an annual report.

By Maria Rachal • April 23, 2025

Lego removes DEI mentions from latest ESG report

A webpage touting Lego’s “diverse and inclusive workplace” remains on the company’s site.

By Caroline Colvin • April 17, 2025

NZBA scraps requirement for banks to strictly target a 1.5°C warming scenario

The United Nations’ Net-Zero Banking Alliance has updated its guidelines in the wake of departures, with its latest guidance aiming for global warming “well below 2°C.”

By Lamar Johnson • April 15, 2025

EU legislators work to simplify sustainability reporting requirements

The European Union has delayed sustainability reporting for the CSRD and CSDDD while legislators work to simplify the underlying requirements for businesses.

By Lamar Johnson • Updated July 8, 2025

Shareholder advocacy targets flexible packaging, reusables and recycling labels

Coca-Cola, Hyatt, Sealed Air, Starbucks and Wyndham recently reached agreements with shareholder advocates. Proposals remain pending at Amazon, Home Depot, Kraft Heinz, Mondelēz, PepsiCo and Wendy’s.

By Cole Rosengren • April 8, 2025

EU parliament votes to ‘stop the clock’ on sustainability reporting

The European Parliament voted Thursday to delay reporting timelines for the bloc’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.

By Lamar Johnson • April 4, 2025

Ford asks investors to vote down supply chain emissions proposal

Shareholder Green Century Capital Management wants the automaker to regularly disclose its strategies for meeting low-carbon steel benchmarks, among others.

By Haley Cawthon • April 4, 2025

Amex says it stopped using diversity goals to set pay last year

A conservative legal group filed a proposal stating the company should do away with such incentives, but the company said it already shifted away from that practice.

By Patrick Cooley • April 3, 2025

European Council adopts proposal to delay sustainability reporting

The European Parliament has set an April 1 vote for the “stop the clock” measure, which would officially delay reporting deadlines for the bloc’s corporate sustainability laws.

By Lamar Johnson • March 31, 2025