The UK Government introduced its finalized law to regulate ESG ratings providers in Parliament, with the new legislation bringing the providers under the supervision of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The new legislation follows a call by securities regulator standards setter IOSCO in 2021 for regulators to focus on improving transparency in the ESG ratings and data space, and to…
The UK government has taken the next step towards regulating ESG ratings providers, tabling secondary legislation that places them within the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)’s scope. Yesterday (27 October) the UK government drafted the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (ESG Ratings) Order 2025 giving a commencement date of 29 June 2028. This will be the first time…
Google and electric power and energy infrastructure provider NextEra Energy announced a new agreement to restart a nuclear plant in Iowa shut down in 2020, with Google signing a 25-year deal to purchase energy generated by the plant to help power its growing cloud and AI infrastructure in the state. Alongside the power purchase agreement (PPA), Google and NextEra also…
Brookfield Asset Management, uranium fuel provider Cameco, and their jointly-owned nuclear technology company Westinghouse Electric announced today the launch of a new strategic partnership with the U.S. Government, aimed at accelerating the rollout of nuclear reactors to provide the energy needed to enable the deployment of Artificial Intelligence infrastructure across the U.S. Under the new partnership, at least $80 billion…
By: Dr. Tim Siegenbeek van Heukelom, Chief Impact Officer at SocialSuite We are entering an age where resilience is no longer enough. The assumption that we can “bounce back” after disruption is starting to look dangerously outdated. The world that ESG systems were built for—one of relatively stable geopolitics, predictable supply chains, and linear progress toward sustainability targets—has been replaced…
U.S.-based energy storage and battery materials provider Redwood Materials announced that it has raised $350 million in a Series E funding round to accelerate the growth of its clean energy storage and critical materials operations. Founded in 2017 by Tesla co-founder and former CTO JB Straubel, Nevada-based Redwood provides energy storage at scale, and produces critical battery materials such as…
European sustainable funds saw record outflows in third quarter of 2025 — but this was largely skewed by a client pension fund transferring assets from BlackRock funds in favour of custom ESG mandates, which Morningstar does not collect data for. In its latest Global Sustainable Fund Flows report for Q3 2025, European-domiciled sustainable funds saw record outflows of $51bn, compared with $11.3bn restated…
Investment managers including Jupiter, Schroders, J.P. Morgan and Janus Henderson have signed up to a scheme to channel dormant assets into social and environmental causes while safeguarding the right of customers to reclaim their funds in full at any point. Launched in 2011 and previously backed by 50 banks, building societies and insurers, the Dormant Assets Scheme has already released…
The 30th United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP30) is likely to deliver incremental rather than transformative progress, as most countries remain misaligned with the Paris Agreement and net-zero pathways. Clearer national climate plans with investment pathways: COP30 is expected to centre on the next cycle of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) for 2035. These standards are at the heart of…