Sustainability
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Microsoft signs offtake deal for waste-to-energy facility CCS retrofit
The deal with Gaia, a Denmark-based carbon removal venture, will deliver the tech giant 2.95 million carbon removal credits with delivery beginning in 2029.
By Lamar Johnson • July 9, 2025 -
European Commission proposes simplifying sustainability taxonomy
The changes would reduce the number of reported data points by 89% for financial institutions and 64% for non-financial companies.
By Lamar Johnson • July 8, 2025 -
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Mark Wilson via Getty ImagesTrendlineThe evolution of the voluntary carbon credit market
Companies are increasingly relying on carbon credits to cut their emissions and meet climate goals, despite a dynamic regulatory environment and increased ESG scrutiny.
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Coach’s leather could pose deforestation threat: report
An investigation by environmental nonprofit Earthsight said the Tapestry-owned brand is at risk of sourcing leather linked to illegal cattle ranching in Brazil.
By Laurel Deppen • July 8, 2025 -
Q&A
Amazon releases waste diversion metrics as part of larger sustainability plan
The company says it reached an 85% waste diversion rate in 2024. Amazon’s waste and biodiversity director, Justine Mahler, says that’s driven partly by organics diversion programs and ongoing data collection investments.
By Megan Quinn • July 8, 2025 -
Allianz launches platform to help businesses assess, mitigate climate risks
The group’s commercial insurance unit unveiled CAReS last week, which aims to help companies better understand climate-associated risks and the impact they have on company assets.
By Zoya Mirza • July 7, 2025 -
House passes Senate version of Trump’s megabill, altering clean energy economy
President Donald Trump promised additional executive branch restrictions on wind, solar and EV subsidies in exchange for Freedom Caucus members' support of the bill, Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., said.
By Diana DiGangi • July 3, 2025 -
Google’s emissions still rising, despite data center decarbonization, energy procurement progress
The search engine and tech conglomerate’s overall emissions are up 51% from a 2019 baseline, despite making headway in procuring carbon-free energy last year.
By Lamar Johnson • July 2, 2025 -
Senate passes megabill that curbs IRA tax credits, drops wind and solar tax
The amended bill also offers an exception to the onerous “placed in service” deadline of 2027 for projects that begin construction within a year of its passage.
By Diana DiGangi • July 2, 2025 -
Opinion
As the GHG Protocol eyes the homestretch in its scope 2 revisions, are the right voices being heard?
A requirement for hourly matching and the dramatic narrowing of the geographies in which companies can make clean energy investments could stifle the voluntary market.
By Roger S. Ballentine • July 1, 2025 -
Senate reverses course on IRA cuts, proposing harsh tax on renewables
Former Trump senior adviser Elon Musk on Saturday said the Senate’s latest draft of the bill “gives handouts to industries of the past while severely damaging industries of the future.”
By Diana DiGangi • June 30, 2025 -
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June 30, 2025 -
Sierra Club drops BlackRock as asset manager over failure to address climate risk
The environmental group’s charitable arm is shifting its funds to Nia Impact Capital and Xponance, which it described as “more financially responsible” investment firms.
By Zoya Mirza • June 27, 2025 -
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New York offering up to $750K for facility decarbonization projects
The Large-Scale Thermal program is accepting applications through July 31 for heating, cooling and hot water systems in single buildings of at least 100,000 square feet or campuses of 250,000 square feet and up.
By Brian Martucci • June 26, 2025 -
Consumers care about climate change and expect businesses to act, new report finds
A study from Getty Images found that the vast majority of consumers believe businesses should use their resources to improve society and the environment.
By Lauren Schenkman • June 26, 2025 -
‘False solutions’ undermine climate goals at Shein, Lululemon
Five fashion companies strengthened their emission reduction targets but lacked a convincing plan for achieving them, according to NewClimate Institute.
By Lauren Schenkman • June 26, 2025 -
Senate negotiating IRA tax credits, aims to vote on budget bill Friday
Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., said there is “work being done” on the residential solar tax credit, which the House and the Senate Finance Committee voted to eliminate.
By Diana DiGangi • June 26, 2025 -
Over 200 actors call on SAG-AFTRA pension to divest fossil fuels
High-profile actors including Jane Fonda, Don Cheadle and Mark Ruffalo signed onto the campaign urging Hollywood’s pension plan to ditch more than $100 million in fossil fuel investments.
By Lamar Johnson • June 25, 2025 -
EU Commission nixes proposed anti-greenwashing legislation
The Green Claims Directive is at odds with the Commission’s “simplification agenda,” a spokesperson said.
By Laurel Deppen • June 25, 2025 -
$1.4B in new clean energy factories, projects canceled in May: E2
Nearly $15.5 billion in clean energy investments have been canceled since the beginning of the year, representing 30 canceled, closed or downsized projects.
By Lamar Johnson • June 24, 2025 -
Companies are recalibrating ESG strategies in response to US policy shifts: report
Executives have decided to expand legal oversight of ESG and refine sustainability communication in response to backlash against ESG, a report from The Conference Board found.
By Lauren Schenkman • June 24, 2025 -
US, global cities tout emissions reductions
Local U.S. officials say they’re driving emissions goals from the ground up since the Trump administration’s withdrawal from key international climate events and agreements.
By Robyn Griggs Lawrence • June 24, 2025 -
SBTi calls on companies to pilot new net-zero standard
The two-phase pilot will begin with a broad company survey, as the Science Based Targets initiative looks to further refine “v2” of its Corporate Net-Zero Standard.
By Lamar Johnson • June 23, 2025 -
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 -
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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 -
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