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Korea Plans Mandatory Sustainability Reporting Beginning in 2028

Korea Plans Mandatory Sustainability Reporting Beginning in 2028

Korea’s Financial Services Commission announced the release of its draft roadmap for the implementation of mandatory sustainability disclosures, with a proposed start date for climate-related reporting for large companies of 2028, based on 2027 data, and expanding to smaller firms over time. The draft roadmap was released alongside Korea’s Accounting Standards Boards’ finalized Sustainability Reporting Standards, which broadly align with…

European Commission Unveils Low-Carbon, Made-in-EU Rules for Steel, Cement, Cleantech Sectors

European Commission Unveils Low-Carbon, Made-in-EU Rules for Steel, Cement, Cleantech Sectors

The European Commission announced the release of its long-awaited Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) proposal on Wednesday, introducing a series of “made-in-EU” and low carbon requirements for several industrial sectors and net zero technologies including batteries, solar, wind, heat pumps, and nuclear, in a bid to protect and accelerate development of sectors central to the EU’s manufacturing and decarbonization goals. Plans…

Moeve to Build $1.2 Billion Green Hydrogen Plant in Spain

Moeve to Build $1.2 Billion Green Hydrogen Plant in Spain

Madrid-based energy company Moeve announced a final investment decision to begin construction on the largest green hydrogen project in Southern Europe. Green hydrogen is viewed as one of the key building blocks of the transition to a cleaner energy future, particularly for industrial and transport sectors with difficult to abate emissions, in which renewable energy solutions such as wind or solar…

AllianzGI Acquires 50% Stake in €500 Million German Battery Storage Portfolio from TotalEnergies

AllianzGI Acquires 50% Stake in €500 Million German Battery Storage Portfolio from TotalEnergies

Alllianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) announced today it has signed an agreement with French energy giant TotalEnergies for the sale of a 50% stake in a portfolio of 11 Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) projects currently under construction in Germany. Energy storage forms one of the key building blocks for the clean energy transition, given the intermittent generating nature of many…

NBIM, Brookfield, BCI Launch New Platform to Own, Acquire Clean Energy Infrastructure Across North America

NBIM, Brookfield, BCI Launch New Platform to Own, Acquire Clean Energy Infrastructure Across North America

Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), the investment manager for Norway’s $2 trillion oil fund, British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) and Brookfield announced the launch of Northview Energy, a new platform to acquire and own a contracted, operating renewable assets in the U.S. and Canada. As part of the launch, Northview Energy will acquire a seed portfolio of assets from renewable energy companies…

250 asset managers reaffirm commitment to NZAM

Some 250 asset managers have signed up to the official relaunch of the Net Zero Asset Managers (NZAM) initiative, meaning they will publicly disclose their individual net-zero commitments and implementation approaches, and report annually on progress. Royal London Asset Management was among the first to publicly recommit, alongside Amundi, Aegon AM, Aberdeen Investments, Impax, Sarasin & Partners, Impax, Nordea AM, Evenlode, Ninety…

Nike Appoints New Chief Sustainability Officer

Nike Appoints New Chief Sustainability Officer

Nike has appointed Cimarron Nix as its new Chief Sustainability Officer, according to an internal company email by Nike’s Chief Operating Officer Venkatesh Alagirisamy seen by ESG Today. The new appointment fills the CSO position at Nike that has been vacant since September 2025, following the departure of Jaycee Pribulsky from the role to become Chief Sustainability Officer at alternative…

Final UK SRS rules signals ‘fundamental shift’ in sustainability data

Sustainability reporting will sit closer to the “core of financial and risk reporting”, after the UK’s department for business & trade published the final versions of the UK Sustainability Reporting Standards (UK SRS S1 and UK SRS S2) last week. The framework for corporate disclosures is aiming to boost transparency around general sustainability-related risks and opportunities (S1) and also specifically climate-related risks and opportunities (S2). See also:…

Bridges FM hires HSBC AM climate team

Bridges Fund Management has hired a specialist climate technology investment team from HSBC Asset Management. Christophe Defert and Mike D’Aurizio, have been investing together for over 10 years. They have experience in identifying technology companies that can accelerate energy and industrial transitions and support climate adaptation solutions. See also: Bridges expands strategy team with hire The team will continue to…

Clearing the ground for sustainable growth

Morningstar’s 2025 year‑in‑review has landed to the now all-too-familiar round of hand-wringing over the “death” of sustainable investment. It is an easy narrative to take in: falling numbers, fading interest, the end of the industry as we know it. And yes, looking at the figures the report shows around outflows and fund closures it’s not easy to feel any particular…