Carbon removal technology company Aircapture announced that it has raised $50 million in a Series A funding round, with proceeds from the financing aimed at scaling its Direct Air Capture (DAC) systems to capture and re-use CO2 at industrial sites. Founded in 2019, California-based Aircapture provides modular on-site DAC machines that capture CO2 from the atmosphere, and makes it available…

Energy and electrification advisory, services, and software solutions provider Schneider Electric announced the appointment of Esther Finidori as its new Chief Sustainability Officer. In her new role, Finidori will lead the development and deployment of Schneider Electric’s new sustainability strategy, and will join the company’s Executive Committee. Finidori joined Schneider Electric in 2016, and has most recently been serving as…

Honeywell UOP, Johnson Matthey, GIDARA Energy and SAMSUNG E&A announced today the launch of a new alliance aimed at developing a new technology offering to accelerate the production and reducing the cost of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Fuel accounts for the vast majority of the aviation sector’s emissions. Generally produced from sustainable resources, like waste oils and agricultural residues, SAF…

Japan’s Nippon Steel announced plans to invest ¥870 billion (USD$6.05 billion) to transition from traditional blast furnace steelmaking processes to electric arc furnace (EAF) technology at three of its Japanese plants, in a move aimed at significantly reducing the carbon emissions of steel production. Steelmaking is one of the biggest emitters of CO2 globally, and one of the more challenging…

Global digital services and consulting firm Infosys announced a new set of commitments under its updated sustainability strategy “Infosys ESG Vision 2030,” including a new goal to become carbon negative by the end of the decade —moving beyond net zero to sequester more greenhouse gases from the atmosphere than it emits. Infosys launched its ESG Vision 2030 strategy in 2020,…

Fusion energy company TAE Technologies announced that it has raised $150 million in a new funding round, with participation from investors including Chevron, Google and NEA. TAE said that the new capital will support its efforts to deliver world’s first commercial fusion power. Fusion, the process of combining two atoms to form a single atom to release energy, has long…

Global investment manager T. Rowe Price announced the appointment of Matt Lawton as Head of Impact Fixed Income. T. Rowe Price launched its first impact credit strategy, the Global Impact Credit Strategy, in 2021, focused on investing in companies that create positive and measurable impact while also seeking outperformance. The firm added a new Global Impact Short Duration Bond Strategy…

Nearly nine out of ten institutional investors globally report that they are not changing their commitments to sustainable investing, despite geopolitical pressures, although many are being quieter about it, according to a new survey by financial group BNP Paribas. For the report, ESG Survey 2025, BNP Paribas surveyed 420 asset owners, asset management and private capital firms, representing nearly $34…

Private credit is poised to become the fastest-growing strategy in European alternative investments over the next 12–18 months, according to a new survey of fund managers. The EU Core Alternative Managers’ Mood Index (CAMMI) was conducted by Gen II Fund Services, an independent private capital fund administrator. The survey of 110 UK and European fund managers revealed that 64% plan to launch…

Stewardship is very much front and centre of discussions about what it means to be a responsible investor. In asset management, proclamations of sustainability or net zero “are being scrubbed from marketing material with little sign of regret”, observed Sarasin & Partners’ Natasha Landell-Mills in a recent article. Meanwhile, collective action from multiple shareholders in a company is becoming more…