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Frontier Raises Over $900 Million for Carbon Removal Investments from Google, Anthropic and Others

Frontier Raises Over $900 Million for Carbon Removal Investments from Google, Anthropic and Others

Carbon removal advanced market commitment (AMC) coalition Frontier announced that it has doubled its funding, raising an additional $915 million from corporate buyers including Stripe, Google, Shopify, Salesforce, H&M Group, and Anthropic. Launched in 2022 with $925 million in commitments by tech companies Stripe, Alphabet, Shopify and Meta and global management consulting firm McKinsey, Frontier is an advance market commitment…

Mars Reaches 100% Renewable Electricity in U.S. Operations

Mars Reaches 100% Renewable Electricity in U.S. Operations

Snacking, food, and pet care products provider Mars announced a new sustainability milestone, reaching 100% renewable electricity for its U.S. operations, including factories, offices and veterinary hospitals. Mars announced the renewable energy achievement alongside the release of its 2025 sustainability report, which also revealed that the company surpassed its 2025 Scope 1 and 2 emissions goal, but missed its Scope…

Iberdrola Issues €1.5 Billion Green Bond to Finance Grid, Renewables Investments

Iberdrola Issues €1.5 Billion Green Bond to Finance Grid, Renewables Investments

Global energy and electricity provider Iberdrola announced today that it has raised €1.5 billion (USD$1.7 billion) through a European senior green bond issuance, with proceeds to be used to finance investments in electricity grids across several countries where the company operates, as well as renewable energy projects. The transaction attracted strong investor interest, drawing participation from more than 330 qualified…

ISO Releases Draft Net Zero Standard

ISO Releases Draft Net Zero Standard

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) announced on Wednesday the release of its long-awaited draft ISO Net Zero Aligned Organizations Standard (ISO 14060), its first global standard designed to support companies in developing credible and comprehensive net zero transition plans. The new standard sets out principles and requirements for companies and other organizations to develop, implement and communicate a net…

Bloomberg Launches Portfolio Climate Alignment Scoring, Scenario Analysis, Emissions Tracking Tools

Bloomberg Launches Portfolio Climate Alignment Scoring, Scenario Analysis, Emissions Tracking Tools

Business and financial markets information service provider Bloomberg announced today the expansion of its climate and transition analytics solutions suite, Transit Toolkit, with new capabilities designed to portfolio managers identify, assess, and manage transition risks and opportunities across their investment and risk management processes. According to Bloomberg, the new capabilities come as global energy transition investment reached a record $2.3…

SolarSquare Raises $53 Million to Scale Residential Solar Platform in India

SolarSquare Raises $53 Million to Scale Residential Solar Platform in India

India-based rooftop solar system provider SolarSquare announced today that it has raised $53 million in a Series C funding round, with proceeds from the financing to be used to expand its platform to new cities and deepen its technology capabilities. The company said that the raise marks the largest venture investment in India’s solar sector, reflecting growing investor confidence in…

Upright Launches New AI Model to Quantify Companies’ Sustainability Impacts, Risks and Opportunities

Upright Launches New AI Model to Quantify Companies’ Sustainability Impacts, Risks and Opportunities

Impact data company Upright announced the launch of a new vertically-trained AI model designed to enable companies and investors to quantify sustainability impacts, risks, and opportunities. According to Upright, the new large language model (LLM) bases its impact quantification on scientific evidence, rather than relying primarily on corporate disclosures or general-purpose AI models. Annu Nieminen, Co-founder and CEO of Upright, said:…

A call for action: Three themes shaping climate investing

A call for action: Three themes shaping climate investing

Generational investment opportunity in resource efficiency Thomas Sørensen, portfolio manager of the Nordea 1 – Global Climate and Environment fund The world is in the middle of a defining shift in how it produces, moves and consumes energy. Fossil fuel dependence has re-emerged as a source of geopolitical fragility, electricity demand is outpacing supply, and the cost of energy has…

Two funds helping investors navigate animal testing concerns

The future of animal testing moved into the spotlight last week after the European Commission unveiled a roadmap to phase out animal testing in chemical safety assessments.  While regulatory change and scientific advances are reducing the need for animal testing in some areas, it remains a complex and evolving issue, particularly in medicine. Funds can take very different approaches, and…