Sustainability-focused investment manager Mirova has announced the launch of Mirova Impact Life Essentials (MILE), a new private equity fund aimed at supporting companies contributing to the transition to a better society by addressing key sustainability challenges ranging from climate change to growing inequality, Mirova said that it aims to raise €200 million (USD$218 million) from institutional and individual investors for…

Zurich-based Direct Air Capture (DAC) carbon removal provider Climeworks announced today a new long-term agreement with Lufthansa Group and Lufthansa subsidiary Swiss International Air Lines aimed at addressing the airline’s unavoidable CO2 emissions. DAC technology, listed by the IEA as a key carbon removal option in the transition to a net-zero energy system, extracts CO2 directly from the atmosphere for…

A coalition of ten Republican states announced the launch of a lawsuit in the U.S. federal appeals court, aimed at blocking the implementation of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) new climate-related disclosure rules. The new suit could mark the first major hurdle for the new rules, only hours after their adoption by the SEC on Wednesday, with U.S….

Global consumer brands company Unilever announced today the release of its new Climate Transition Action Plan (CTAP), outlining the company’s strategy to become a lower-emissions business and achieve its climate goals, and introducing new value chain emissions targets, amounting to a 39% absolute reduction in total targeted Scope 3 emissions by 2030. The new Unilever climate transition plan follows the…