Volkswagen-owned luxury carmaker Bentley Motors announced a new commitment to use 100% sustainable aviation fuel for all customer car airfreight shipments globally, effective immediately, which the company said will enable it to significantly reduce emissions associated with air transport while maintaining high levels of customer service. According to the company, the new commitment will support its “Beyond100+” sustainability strategy, which…

This week in ESG news: New York Senate passes bill mandating GHG emissions reporting for large companies; Microsoft hits 100% clean energy milestone; ECB fines Crédit Agricole for not meeting climate risk expectations; EY introduces new framework to help companies embed sustainability across the enterprise; ISO launches new climate adaptation standard; 10 U.S. states warn companies against participating in environmental…

Nature-based solutions platform hummingbirds announced that it has raised €50 million (USD$59 million) in a Series A financing round, with proceeds aimed at scaling its conservation and ecosystem restoration-focused carbon projects. Founded by travel firm Voyage Privé in 2022, French-based hummingbirds develops projects globally designed to remove carbon emissions and protect biodiversity through community-driven conservation, ecosystem restoration and sustainable land…

Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) technology and production company LanzaJet announced that it has raised $47 million, including the first close of a new equity financing round and a UK grant, with proceeds aimed at expanding the commercial deployment of its technology to turn waste-based ethanol into low carbon jet fuel. The new funding round, valuing LanzaJet (pre-money) at a $650…

Chemical company INEOS announced today that it has been awarded a €300 million (USD$353 million) grant from the French government to install energy-efficient technologies and decarbonize the company’s petrochemical site in Lavera, France, on the Mediterranean coast. INEOS said the funding follows a $294.5 million award announced in November 2025 and marks the next phase of its Lavera regeneration plan,…

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP), one of Canada’s largest investors, with over $269 billion in assets under management, announced the launch of its new 2026 – 2030 climate strategy, which will replace the fund’s portfolio emissions reduction targets with new goals to scale climate-related investments. Launched in 2021, OTPP’s prior climate goals included targets to reduce portfolio emissions intensity by…

Global professional services firm EY announced the launch of its new EY Sustainable Operating Blueprint, aimed at providing companies with a framework to embed sustainability into enterprise strategy. According to EY Climate Change and Sustainability Services (CCaSS) Global Leader Alexis Gazzo, the new blueprint was built to provide a roadmap for companies to address the key challenge of integrating sustainability…

Aviation technology startup Metafuels announced that it has raised $24 million in a Series A funding round, with proceeds aimed at accelerating the commercialization of its synthetic sustainable aviation fuel (e-SAF) technology, which converts green methanol into jet fuel. Fuel accounts for the vast majority of the aviation sector’s emissions. Generally produced from sustainable resources, like waste oils and agricultural…

A group of 10 U.S. State Attorneys General*, led by Florida AG James Uthmeier, announced that they have sent letters to nearly 80 companies, warning them of potential legal actions over their participation in environmental groups advocating for plastic reduction and sustainable packaging. The announcement follows letters sent by a group of state AGs in October to environmental groups including…