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Eni Spins Out Refineries Under Decarbonized Energy Strategy

Eni Spins Out Refineries Under Decarbonized Energy Strategy

Italian energy company Eni announced today the transfer of the business branch of its Refining Evolution & Transformation unit, which includes refineries and logistics businesses in Europe and the Middle East into a newly formed company, Eni Industrial Evolution S.p.A. According to the company, the transaction forms part of its “strategy to ensure a fully decarbonized energy offering both in production…

HSBC Appoints Chaoni Huang as Head of Sustainable Finance and Transition for Asia

HSBC Appoints Chaoni Huang as Head of Sustainable Finance and Transition for Asia

HSBC announced the appointment of Chaoni Huang as Managing Director and Head of Sustainable Finance and Transition for its Asia business. Huang joins HSBC after more than six years at BNP Paribas, most recently serving as Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Capital Markets, Global Markets APAC, and she has also held sustainable finance and ESG-related roles at firms including Natixis,…

China Releases Corporate Climate Reporting Standard

China Releases Corporate Climate Reporting Standard

China’s Ministry of Finance, alongside several other of the country’s ministries, central bank, and regulators, announced the release of its new “Corporate Sustainable Disclosure Standard No. 1 – Climate (Trial),” a new standard, aligned with the IFRS Foundation’s climate reporting standard, aimed at enabling companies to report on climate-related risks, opportunities and impacts, and to support China’s green development goals….

Ørsted Challenges Trump Administration Order to Halt $5 Billion Offshore Wind Project Weeks Before Entering into Service

Ørsted Challenges Trump Administration Order to Halt $5 Billion Offshore Wind Project Weeks Before Entering into Service

Denmark-based energy developer Ørsted announced today that its Revolution Wind joint venture with Skyborn Renewables has filed a complaint in a U.S. District Court challenging an order by the Trump administration’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to halt work on the nearly complete multi-billion dollar offshore wind project off the coast of Rhode Island, only weeks before it was…

Dominion Energy Sues Trump Administration for Halting Offshore Wind Project After $9 Billion Investment

Dominion Energy Sues Trump Administration for Halting Offshore Wind Project After $9 Billion Investment

Electric utility Dominion Energy filed a suit asking a federal court to block an order by the Trump administration’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to halt work on a major Virginia offshore wind project, after the company has already invested nearly $9 billion in the project, which was expected to begin generating electricity for consumers in early 2026. The…

Morrisons Expands Net Zero Commitment to Full Value Chain

Morrisons Expands Net Zero Commitment to Full Value Chain

UK supermarket retailer Morrisons announced a new series of climate targets, including a commitment to achieve net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its full value chain by 2050. The new targets mark a significant update to Morrisons’ climate goals, which had previously included a commitment to achieve net zero emissions from its own operations by 2035. While the Scope…

Glencore Buys Majority Stake in Low Carbon Fuels Supplier FincoEnergies

Glencore Buys Majority Stake in Low Carbon Fuels Supplier FincoEnergies

Dutch energy solutions provider FincoEnergies announced that mining and commodities giant Glencore has agreed to acquire a majority stake in the company. Founded in 2013 by energy investment company Coloured Finches, Netherlands-based FincoEnergies provides fuels, biofuels and decarbonization services for the transport and industry sectors, including products and services aimed at helping companies to calculate and reduce their direct and…

Renewco Power Raises £29 Million to Build Wind and Solar Projects across UK, Europe

Renewco Power Raises £29 Million to Build Wind and Solar Projects across UK, Europe

Renewable energy developer Renewco Power announced that it has raised £29 million through new investments, with proceeds aimed at advancing its wind and solar projects throughout Scotland and the UK, and to accelerate the transition to clean energy across its key European markets. The funding round included a £20 million investment from Scotland’s development bank and impact investor, the Scottish…

Port of Rotterdam Issues First-Ever Carbon Capture and Storage Bond

Port of Rotterdam Issues First-Ever Carbon Capture and Storage Bond

The Port of Rotterdam has raised €50 million through the issuance of a new Carbon Capture and Storage Bond, marking the first ever corporate bond with use of proceeds to be exclusively allocated to carbon capture and storage (CCS). Proceeds raised through the new bond offering will be allocated to Port of Rotterdam’s equity investment in Porthos, one of the…