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Mars Achieves 100% Renewable Energy in its European Snacking Factories

Mars Achieves 100% Renewable Energy in its European Snacking Factories

Snacking, food, and pet care products provider Mars announced a key sustainability milestone, reaching 100% renewable energy in its Snacking factories in Europe. According to the company, the achievement was made following Mars’ first investment in a European windfarm in 2016, and the transitioning of all of its confectionary manufacturing sites across Europe to renewable electricity over the past decade….

China Sets its First-Ever Absolute Emissions Reduction Goal

China Sets its First-Ever Absolute Emissions Reduction Goal

China’s President Xi Jinping announced a series of new interim climate goals, including a target to reduce economy-wide net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 7%-10% from peak levels by 2035, marking the country’s first-ever absolute emissions reduction target. Speaking by video in a speech to a UN Climate Summit, President Xi also announced 2035 targets to expand China’s installed capacity…

LanzaJet and KMG Advance Kazakhstan’s First Sustainable Aviation Fuel Project

LanzaJet and KMG Advance Kazakhstan’s First Sustainable Aviation Fuel Project

During New York Climate Week, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) technology and production company LanzaJet and Kazakhstan’s national oil and gas company, KazMunayGas (KMG), announced a key milestone in the country’s first SAF initiative.  The two companies confirmed the project will move into the engineering and design (FEED) phase following the completion of a joint feasibility study. Launched in 2020 by…

Microsoft Buys Green Steel for Data Centers

Microsoft Buys Green Steel for Data Centers

Swedish green iron and steel maker Stegra announced two agreements with Microsoft aimed at advancing the use of near-zero emission steel in the technology company’s datacenter operations.  Founded in 2020, Stegra utilizes hydrogen produced using green power to remove the oxygen from iron oxide, avoiding most of the CO2 emissions normally produced, and uses electricity from 100% renewable sources for…

Renewable giants make human rights progress

The renewables sector is making significant progress on embedding human rights into its operations, with 67% improving or maintaining their scores in the 2025 Renewable Energy & Human Rights Benchmark since 2023. Published by the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, the benchmark assesses 35 of the world’s largest renewable energy companies on their human rights policies and practices. Although there remains room for improvement,…

Q&A with FGEN’s Mountney: ‘Energy transition requires a holistic approach’

In this Q&A, Ed Mountney, investment manager at Foresight Environmental Infrastructure (FGEN), sits down with Natalie Kenway to discuss the opportunities for infrastructure, wholesale portfolios and his outlook for sustainable investment. Provide us with some background on FGEN… when was it launched? Who for? What does it invest in and aim to achieve?  Foresight Environmental Infrastructure is a listed environmental…

US voting support for environmental and social resolutions drops 22%

There was a 40% decrease in environmental and social (E&S) resolutions in the US for the 2025 proxy year, according to Morningstar’s research. In its 2025 ESG Shareholder Voting Review, Morningstar highlighted the “notable reduction” in the volume of major resolutions with changes to SEC shareholder resolution guidance also leading to a 22% drop in voted proposals. See also: Amy O’Brien: ESG challenges…

Capturing profits and climate gains within waste

Economic expansion and demographic trends are driving significant growth in the waste management sector. Municipal solid waste volumes are projected to increase by approximately 81% from 2.1 billion tonnes in 2023 to 3.8 billion tonnes by 2050. In 2020, direct waste management expenditures totalled $252bn globally. However, when accounting for externalities – including environmental pollution, public health impacts, and climate…

Gresham House acquires Swiss energy transition firm

London-listed alternatives manager Gresham House has acquired SUSI Partners, a Zurich-based firm focused on energy transition infrastructure. This will add £2.7bn to Gresham House’s assets under management (AUM), bringing its total to £10.2bn. All SUSI employees will move to Gresham House and SUSI’s CEO Marco van Daele will head the Gresham House’s enlarged energy transition division on completion of the deal….