Carbon accounting startup Zevero announced that it has acquired sustainability solutions provider Inhabit, with the transaction aimed at expanding its advisory capabilities and supporting its strategy to scale sustainability delivery. Founded in 2019, UK-based Inhabit provides tools and services to help enable decarbonization and net-zero strategies, ranging from carbon measurement, reporting, and practical decarbonization planning services. Zevero, also based in…

Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reporting framework provider GHG Protocol announced the release of its new Land Sector and Removals (LSR) Standard, aimed at establishing the first global standard for companies to quantify, report, and track GHG emissions and CO2 removals from agricultural land use. GHG Protocol was established in 1997 by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Business Council…

Cement and building materials producer Holcim announced an investment in Capsol Technologies, a publicly listed Norwegian company specializing in carbon capture solutions, as part of its near-zero cement strategy. According to Holcim, the investment is intended to expand its portfolio of decarbonization technologies and support profitable growth. Founded in 2014, Capsol has developed a post-combustion carbon capture and heat recovery…

Guest Post By: Maura Hodge, KPMG US Sustainability Leader and Anthony Hui, KPMG Senior Manager, ESG Data & Technology Time and again we see the number one challenge in sustainability reporting is fragmented data collection and management. Obtaining information from disparate systems, with inconsistent definitions and uses makes it difficult, if not impossible, to produce comparable, reliable, and timely sustainability…

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the UK’s conduct regulator for financial services firms and financial markets, announced the launch of a consultation into a new proposal to significantly revise and expand sustainability reporting requirements for listed companies, including a new requirement for companies to implement the UK’s upcoming                 IFRS-based Sustainability Reporting Standards (UK SRS) in their disclosures. The new…

This week in ESG news: Trump officially takes U.S. out of the Paris Agreement… again; First-ever climate reporting standard for public sector released; Transition bonds to step into the spotlight in 2026; UK warns companies they may be responsible for greenwashing by suppliers; European countries shore up offshore wind sector with 100 GW pledge; Wells Fargo cuts reliance on proxy…