French energy giant TotalEnergies must identify and disclose measures to address climate risks resulting from Scope 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the use of its oil and gas products, according to a new ruling by the Paris Judicial Court. The order gives the company six months to update its legally mandated vigilance plan to integrate the Scope 3 considerations…
Microsoft revealed a series of water-related sustainability milestones, including announcing that it became “water positive” in 2025, replenishing more water than it withdrew across its global operations for the year. The achievement comes several years ahead of its 2030 goal, set by the company in 2020. The announcement comes as tech companies are coming under increasing pressure to ease concerns…
Tesla, residential clean energy provider Sunrun and Google-backed home energy management company Renew Home announced a new partnership to aggregate millions of home energy devices to form the largest distributed power plant in the U.S., capable of delivering more than 16 GW of flexible energy capacity to hyperscalers and utilities. The framework is aimed at helping hyperscalers secure electricity for…
DHL Global Forwarding announced a new agreement with wind-powered maritime transport company VELA to offer a transatlantic cargo shipping service using wind-powered ships, enabling emissions reductions of up to 99% compared to air freight and up to 90% compared to conventional sea freight. Founded in 2023, France-based VELA develops and operates wind-powered cargo vessels for transatlantic freight transport, using high-performance…
The California Air Resources Board (CARB), the regulator charged with developing and enforcing the state’s new corporate climate reporting regulations, released a new notification indicating that it plans to delay the deadline for companies’ first mandatory emissions disclosures to November 10, from the current August deadline. According to CARB, the delayed deadline is aimed at giving companies more time, as the…
The UK Government announced plans to introduce new regulations requiring businesses to ensure that their supply chains are not contributing to illegal deforestation, including new mandatory due diligence requirements, with a consultation on the new rules to be launched this year. The government said that its approach will propose covering the same core commodities and underlying information requirements to be…
Guest post by: Emma Miller, Senior Director for Sustainability and Social Impact at Xylem As the U.S. water sector faces the challenges of aging infrastructure, worsening drought, contamination, and millions lacking clean water, an urgent need has emerged for a dedicated financing solution. The standard instrument used for funding environmental projects — green bonds — permit water projects but don’t…
Zurich-based Carbon removal solutions provider Climeworks announced that its carbon dioxide removal (CDR) portfolio service, Climeworks Solutions, has signed 14 new carbon removal deals in the first half of 2026, totaling 450,000 tons of CDR across a range of technologies. Founded in 2009 by Christoph Gebald and Jan Wurzbacher, Zurich-based Climeworks provides companies with carbon removal solutions, including its own…
Apparel retail company Gap Inc. announced the appointment of Jeffrey Hogue as its new Chief Sustainability Officer. Hogue joins Gap from Levi Strauss, where he has served as Chief Sustainability Officer since 2020. Prior to joining Levi Strauss, he served as Chief Sustainability Officer for fashion retailer C&A, and as Senior Director of Global Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainability…