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Senken, Carbonsate Sign 50,000 Ton Biomass-Based Carbon Removal Deal

Senken, Carbonsate Sign 50,000 Ton Biomass-Based Carbon Removal Deal

Carbon credit procurement platform Senken announced today that it has signed a multi-year carbon removal offtake agreement with CO2 removal technology company Carbonsate, covering 50,000 tons of permanent carbon removal, marking the largest biomass storage deal signed in Europe to date. Berlin-based Carbonsate develops biomass storage projects that deliver permanent carbon removal by storing waste wood in engineered underground storage…

VC Coalition All Aboard Raises $133 Million to Back Climate Tech Startups Through the “Missing Middle”

VC Coalition All Aboard Raises $133 Million to Back Climate Tech Startups Through the “Missing Middle”

Venture capital collaboration the All Aboard Coalition announced the final close of its inaugural All Aboard Fund, raising $133 million to mobilize capital behind the commercial scale-up of critical climate technologies. Launched in 2025 by a group of 14 venture capital and growth equity investment firms representing more than $60 billion in assets, the All Aboard Coalition was established to…

Canada Backs $50 Billion of New Clean Energy Projects

Canada Backs $50 Billion of New Clean Energy Projects

The Government of Canada announced an agreement to support hydroelectric and wind energy projects valued at nearly C$70 billion (USD$50.5 billion), representing what it called the largest clean energy investment in North American history. Announced by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, alongside the Premiers of Québec and of Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, the new agreement includes up to C$10…

Lotus Infrastructure Raises $1.8 Billion to Invest Across Clean Energy Value Chain

Lotus Infrastructure Raises $1.8 Billion to Invest Across Clean Energy Value Chain

Lotus Infrastructure Partners announced that it has raised approximately $1.8 billion at the final closings across Lotus Infrastructure Fund IV investments, future co-investments and a single-asset continuation vehicle, marking the clean energy infrastructure-focused private equity firm’s largest capital raise to date. Greenwhich, Connecticut-based Lotus specializes in infrastructure investments along the value chain of energy and related sectors as well as…

EQ Investors: Asking questions and catalysing change through AGMs

Attending company Annual General Meetings (AGMs) is one of five tools in our stewardship strategy, alongside our engagement with fund managers, collaborative investor coalitions, voting oversight and direct company dialogue. This AGM season, we put questions directly to ten UK-listed boards, spanning five of our six strategic engagement themes. Why do we go? Physical meetings with company boards are a…

Sustainability Software Provider Diginex to Combine with Customer Engagement AI Company Resulticks in $1 Billion Deal

Sustainability Software Provider Diginex to Combine with Customer Engagement AI Company Resulticks in $1 Billion Deal

ESG, sustainability, and compliance solutions provider Diginex announced an agreement to acquire AI-powered customer engagement solutions provider Resulticks, in a deal described by the companies as aimed at creating an enterprise intelligence platform to help organizations measure and communicate their impact and to build deeper customer trust, strengthen brand loyalty and drive sustainable growth. While Diginex is acquiring Resulticks, the…

Why Investor Transition Plans Are No Longer Optional: They’re a Competitive Advantage

Why Investor Transition Plans Are No Longer Optional: They’re a Competitive Advantage

Guest post by: Claude Amstutz, Director, Investor Network at Ceres The past year has been complex for investors. Disclosure regulations have stalled, coalitions have lost members, and heightened political scrutiny has made many institutions more cautious about speaking publicly. Yet, investors making steady progress share a common characteristic: a structured, written transition plan. In 2026, Ceres has conducted a series…

Charities resist pressure to relax ESG investment policies

Charities are maintaining their ESG investment principles despite pressure to loosen policies in pursuit of higher returns, according to new research from Rathbones. The wealth manager surveyed senior executives at charities with a collective £5bn of equity investments. It found that 86% of respondents said it was important that investments have strong ESG credentials, while 89% believe the importance of…

Liontrust: A sustainable view of autonomous driving

Autonomous vehicles are coming to a road near you, and they have the potential to impact our daily lives and change the way we travel. The technology sits at the intersection of two of the largest environmental and social negative externalities created by the modern car: safety and pollution. Autonomous vehicles, or AVs, are a strong net positive for society…

U.S. to “Take Any Actions Necessary” to Protect Companies from “Unreasonable” EU Sustainability Reporting Regulations

U.S. to “Take Any Actions Necessary” to Protect Companies from “Unreasonable” EU Sustainability Reporting Regulations

The U.S. Government has issued a series of requests from the European Union to address concerns with the impact of the EU’s new sustainability due diligence and reporting laws – the CSDDD and CSRD – on U.S. companies. In a comment letter, issued by U.S. Mission to the European Union, the U.S. Government said that the EU Commission’s Omnibus package…