Sustainability
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The SEC has requested to delay climate rule arguments. What’s next?
Sustainable investing experts are not surprised by the delay and say it is expected to have minimal immediate impact.
By Lamar Johnson • Feb. 13, 2025 -
Opinion
Sustainability is a lasting fashion statement
Brands can build consumer trust and increase shareholder value by considering ESG impacts, writes Marco Valverde, apparel national practice leader at Moss Adams.
By Marco Valverde • Feb. 13, 2025 -
Explore the Trendline➔
Alexander Koerner via Getty ImagesTrendlineThe state of the clean energy transition in 2024
This year saw a large volume of initiatives and investments from corporations focused on the clean energy transition — alongside a handful of reversions on carbon reduction goals.
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New York loans Revel $60M to expand NYC public EV charging
NY Green Bank's president said the financial arrangement is “an important and replicable precedent” to accelerate electric vehicle charging.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 13, 2025 -
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Office of the Comptroller of the Currency latest to exit central bank climate coalition
The OCC’s acting comptroller said participation in the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System does not fall within the agency’s “statutory mandate.”
By Zoya Mirza • Feb. 12, 2025 -
Acting SEC chair asks court not to schedule climate rule arguments
“The Commission’s briefs previously submitted in the cases consolidated in the Eighth Circuit do not reflect my views,” Acting Chair Mark Uyeda said.
By Lamar Johnson • Feb. 11, 2025 -
HSBC taps global banking executive for chief sustainability officer role
Julian Wentzel — previously HSBC’s head of global banking for the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey — becomes sustainability chief after serving as interim CSO.
By Zoya Mirza • Feb. 11, 2025 -
EPA funding freeze endangers $7B Solar For All program
“We don't know how much money got out the door, we don't know how much money the administration can seek to claw back,” said Vote Solar’s executive director, Sachu Constantine.
By Diana DiGangi • Feb. 11, 2025 -
Deep Dive
US state legislatures take aim at fashion’s sustainability and safety concerns
The new regulations are designed to protect workers, consumers and the environment, but there are still hurdles to face between passing the bills and implementing them.
By Siera Nezaj • Feb. 10, 2025 -
New Jersey judge dismisses state’s climate lawsuit against major oil companies
A state superior court judge ruled that New Jersey’s climate-related claims were preempted by federal law as state law cannot govern disputes over the impact of climate change.
By Zoya Mirza • Feb. 10, 2025 -
Google contracts over $100M in carbon removal credits in 2024
“We’re encouraged by our progress, but the journey to catalyze carbon removal is just beginning,” Google Carbon Credits and Removals Lead Randy Spock said.
By Lamar Johnson • Feb. 7, 2025 -
Lego to increase solar capacity by 72% this year to cut emissions
The Danish toymaker calls solar expansion a “key initiative” to help meet its sustainability goals, which include achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.
By Zoya Mirza • Feb. 7, 2025 -
Clean energy stakeholders descend on Capitol to lobby for IRA tax credits
Groups participating in the lobbying blitz in Washington, D.C. represent over 2,000 companies and hundreds of billions of dollars in private investment, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association.
By Diana DiGangi • Feb. 6, 2025 -
New York reintroduces bills seeking climate risk, emissions disclosures
Senate Bills 3456 and 3697, if approved, would mandate climate-related disclosures from large companies operating in the Empire State as early as 2027.
By Zoya Mirza • Feb. 6, 2025 -
ESG encountering widening ‘gulf’ between US and European investors: Morningstar
“We are definitely seeing a widening gap … between asset manager support for environmental and social-related voting initiatives," Morningstar Sustainalytics’ director of investment stewardship research said.
By Lamar Johnson • Feb. 5, 2025 -
Senate confirms Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright as DOE secretary
Wright aims to expand U.S. power supplies — including renewable energy — to help lower electricity prices, he said during his Senate confirmation hearing.
By Ethan Howland • Feb. 4, 2025 -
Republican officials urge SEC, DOL to adopt anti-ESG, DEI rules
The letter signed by 22 Republican state finance officials cited American Airlines’ recent legal loss as evidence that fiduciaries are breaching their duty to loyalty with regards to ESG and DEI.
By Lamar Johnson • Feb. 3, 2025 -
Treasury Department exits global regulatory climate coalition
The Treasury’s Federal Insurance Office withdrew from the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System last week to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive orders.
By Zoya Mirza • Feb. 3, 2025 -
Trump’s executive orders cause hesitation, confusion for clean energy developers
“There are daily developments, and I think people are just doing the best they can with the limited information we have at the moment,” said Felisa Sanchez, a partner with law firm K&L Gates.
By Diana DiGangi • Feb. 3, 2025 -
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Sustainability success: How the circularity index can help you reach your goals
Explore the Circularity Index, a tool enabling businesses to evaluate sustainability performance.
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Banks improving clean energy finance ratios, still well-short of net-zero pace: report
“The ratio isn’t evolving at the pace needed to hit the 4:1 level required this decade under commonly referenced scenarios to limit climate change to 1.5 [degrees Celsius],” according to BloombergNEF.
By Lamar Johnson • Jan. 31, 2025 -
Developments driving the ESG, sustainability industry in 2025
The change in U.S. presidential leadership has triggered drawbacks of ESG and DEI commitments, as the private sector braces for a change in political direction.
By Zoya Mirza , Lamar Johnson • Jan. 31, 2025 -
Deep Dive
Why climate alliance memberships are no longer ‘en vogue’ for Wall Street
Financial institutions have increasingly departed groups like the Net-Zero Banking Alliance and Climate Action 100+, but experts say banks are still committed to sustainability.
By Zoya Mirza • Jan. 30, 2025 -
Rockefeller grant strengthens push for nature-related disclosures
The Rockefeller Foundation announced it will give the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures $500,000 to scale its voluntary adoption efforts, as the organization rolls out additional sector guidelines.
By Lamar Johnson • Jan. 30, 2025 -
Zeldin is confirmed as the new EPA administrator. What’s next?
The former New York representative will helm the agency as it navigates executive orders pausing climate programs and reviews pending regulations that could affect the waste and recycling industries.
By Megan Quinn , Jacob Wallace • Updated Jan. 30, 2025 -
PPA prices continue to rise amid Trump policy uncertainty: LevelTen Energy
But energy buyers and sellers have grown more adaptable in the face of an unstable policy landscape, LevelTen Energy said.
By Emma Penrod • Jan. 30, 2025