How operational agility and specialization helped us find aligned partners for our $430M ventures fund By: John Tough, Managing Partner, Energize Capital A few weeks ago, our team at Energize Capital announced the close of Ventures III, a fund with $430 million of capital commitments across the fund and its related vehicles, built to power the next chapter of software-enabled…
Applied safety science company provider UL Solutions announced the launch of a series of new sustainability-focused software solutions, including tools to help companies manage supply chain emissions data, meet ISSB sustainability reporting requirements and plan renewable energy deployment. The new solutions form part of UL Solutions’ ULTRUS software platform, which ais to help companies ULTRUS software platform. The new tools…
The European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) revealed that it is currently considering changes to the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) underlying the EU’s CSRD regulation that would reduce datapoints reported by companies by approximately two-thirds, and include a “drastic decision” to eliminate voluntary disclosure, or “may” datapoints. The plans were released with the publication of EFRAG’s “Amended ESRS Exposure Draft,”…
Google announced a significant achievement in its efforts to address its climate impact, reducing carbon emissions from its data centers by 12% in 2024, despite significantly higher energy usage, according to its new 2025 Environmental Report. Despite the company’s success in addressing its data center emissions, however, the report also indicated that Google’s overall carbon footprint continued to grow in…
The UK government announced that it has reached a new partnership deal with Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation aimed at channeling major investments in clean energy and infrastructure over the next decade. Under the new partnership, Sumitomo said that it will aim to facilitate £7.5 billion (USD$10.2 billion) of investment into key UK infrastructure and clean energy projects by 2035. Investments will…
Lawmakers in the European Parliament voted on Wednesday to reject a benchmarking system categorizing countries by their level of deforestation risk, marking a potential new setback for the new EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), aimed at ensuring that products imported to or exported from EU markets no longer contribute to deforestation and forest degradation globally, including concerns that the law could…
Microsoft announced a new long-term offtake agreement with energy infrastructure investment manager Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and Denmark-based waste-to-energy (WtE) company Vestforbrænding, for the delivery of nearly 3 million tons of carbon removal generated through a new large-scale carbon capture and storage project at a WtE facility in the greater Copenhagen region. Under the new agreement, starting in 2029, Microsoft…