Global sustainable investment funds returned to positive net flows in the first quarter of 2026, after declining through 2025, with the rebound led by a sharp turnaround in Europe, while the U.S. continued to see outflows, according to a new report by ESG and corporate governance research, ratings and analytics provider Morningstar Sustainalytics. While fund flows returned to positive territory,…
Fashion industry-focused carbon management software provider Carbonfact announced today the acquisition of Berlin-based product impact platform Vaayu, with the transaction aimed at providing a single, comprehensive, product-level environmental dataset for fashion, according to the company. Founded in 2021, Paris-based Carbonfact provides carbon management and environmental data solutions for apparel, luxury, and footwear brands to measure, report, and reduce emissions and…
Guest post by: Rachel Delacour, Founder and CEO of Sweep Here’s the question your CFO should be asking right now: It’s not “are we compliant?” It’s “can our carbon data survive an audit?” For years, sustainability reporting has sat comfortably within ESG teams, managed through annual reporting cycles and disconnected spreadsheets, and far from the scrutiny applied to financial statements….
Biotechnology and green chemistry company P2 Science announced that it has raised $23 million in a new financing round, with proceeds aimed at accelerating its growth in the beauty and personal care ingredients market, and expanding its platform into new markets. Co-founded by Professor Paul Anastas and Dr. Patrick Foley at the Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering at…
Industrial software provider IFS announced today the launch of IFS Zero, a new agentic AI-powered platform aimed at users in asset-intensive industries to measure, disclose, and optimize carbon emissions across Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 According to IFS, the new platform is designed to address emissions management challenges facing sustainability teams, including fragmented data, manual reconciliation, and time-intensive reporting,…
McDonald’s revealed significant progress in its operational climate and sustainability goals, but acknowledged that it does not expect to achieve its 2030 Scope 3 value chain emissions reduction targets, due to energy and supply chain challenges beyond the company’s control. Despite anticipating missing its interim goal, however, in a statement by Jon Banner, Global Chief Impact Officer and Warren Anderson,…
Environmental impact-focused investment platform Elemental Impact, alongside tech giants Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft, announced today the launch of the Data Center Innovation Initiative (DCII), a new initiative aimed at investing in clean energy and materials technology startups, and testing their solutions in data center environments for future deployment across broader energy and industrial applications. According to Elemental Impact, the…
The IFRS Foundation and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) released a new statement reaffirming their commitment to work together to align GRI and ISSB sustainability reporting standards as part of their joint efforts to enable a seamless, global and comprehensive sustainability reporting system. The new statement describes the common disclosures that the GSSB and ISSB have been working together to…