A Dutch appeals court issued a ruling in Shell’s favor, reversing a landmark 2021 ruling holding the company responsible for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions resulting from its customers’ use of its products, and ordering the company to dramatically reduce emissions by the end of the decade. In a statement following the ruling, Friends of the Earth Netherlands (Milieudefensie), who launched the case…
Temasek-owned decarbonization solutions-focused investment platform GenZero and global commodities trading company Trafigura announced today a commitment to invest more than $100 million in Brújula Verde, a nature-based project in Colombia anticipated to produce high-integrity carbon removal credits, by restoring land degraded by intensive agricultural activities and fires. Located in Orinoco River Basin, the Brújula Verde project is the largest nature-based carbon…
Zurich-based energy transition-focused investor Energy Infrastructure Partners (EIP) announced today an agreement with Italian energy company Eni to increase its investment in Eni’s renewables, retail and EV charging company Plenitude, with an additional capital injection of €209 million (USD$222 million). Following the new investment, EIP will hold a 10% stake in Plenitude, following its initial €588 million investment in the…
The government of Brazil announced today a new climate goal, targeting a 59% – 67% reduction in economy-wide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2035, on a 2005 basis, and highlighted key progress in the fight against deforestation, which it said has decreased by nearly a third over the past year. The new decarbonization goal, to be officially presented at the…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it has charged global asset manager Invesco for making misleading claims regarding its ESG-related investments, including overstating the proportion of assets under management that integrated ESG considerations. Invesco has agreed to pay a $17.5 million civil penalty to settle the SEC’s charges, while not admitting or denying the Commission’s allegations. According…
The world’s largest companies are increasingly setting goals to achieve net zero emissions in their own operations, and are ramping their use of a wide range of levers to hit their climate goals, while additions to emissions reduction goals encompassing the business’ wider value chains has stalled over the past year, according to a new study released by global professional…
This week in ESG news: Canada to require oil & gas industry to slash emissions; California’s climate reporting law survives legal challenge; Mizuho invests in climate solutions provider Pollination; new clean energy deals signed by H&M, Meta, Saint-Gobain; incoming EU finance Commissioner calls for sustainable investment labels, reduced SFDR reporting burden; UAE to invest $54 billion in clean energy transition;…