Business sustainability ratings provider EcoVadis announced today the acquisition of human rights technology and analytics company Ulula, with the transaction aimed at increasing its capabilities to help organizations improve human rights impact across supply chains and comply with new regulatory requirements. According to EcoVadis, the acquisition comes as companies are facing increasing pressure from new laws requiring “unprecedented levels of…
Sustainability-focused investor interest appears to have undergone a significant shift towards investments in companies enabling a ‘brown to green’ transition, as opposed to focusing primarily on already-green investments, with net inflows into transition focused funds in the EU nearly doubling those into environmental funds over the past 2 years, according to a new report by EU markets regulator the European…
Private equity firm Kohlberg announced the acquisition of a majority stake in energy efficiency, energy transition and sustainability services provider CLEAResult. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2003, Austin, Texas-based CLEAResult provides services and solutions to utility, government, and commercial customers to design and implement comprehensive energy efficiency programs help reduce energy usage, costs and emissions and…
Volvo Cars announced today that it is pulling back on its goal to offer only fully electric vehicles by 2030, adding room for up to 10% of sales to include mild hybrid models and including plug-in hybrids in the rest of its mix, as well as its interim carbon emissions reduction goals, citing headwinds facing the automotive markets’ electrification transition….
California-based climate tech company CarbonCapture announced a decision to pause Project Bison, its Wyoming-based multi-megaton Direct Air Capture (DAC) carbon removal project, due to rapidly growing competition for renewable energy in the state from data center operators. Founded in 2019, CarbonCapture produces DAC machines that use solid sorbents to efficiently absorb CO2 from the atmosphere, and the company utilizes a…
France-based testing, inspection and certification services provider Bureau Veritas announced today the acquisition of renewable energy technical consultancy ArcVera Renewables, with the transaction aimed at establishing a new stronghold for Bureau Veritas in the North American renewables sector. Founded by renewable energy veterans Greg Poulos and John Bosche, Golden Colorado-based ArcVera provides finance-grade commercial and technical services for wind, solar…
Microsoft has introduced a new supplier decarbonization team focused on addressing the growing carbon footprint of its cloud and AI operations. The new appointments include Tim Hopper, Cloud Supply Chain Sustainability Manager; Ray Waweru, Senior Program Manager, Cloud Services Sustainability; and Sofia Khan, Scope 3 Decarbonization. Hopper has spent over 20 years at Microsoft, with his most recent roles focused…
Sustainability-focused investment manager Mirova announced today that it has raised €211 million (USD$233 million) for Mirova Environment Acceleration Capital (MEAC), the firm’s first impact private equity fund. Mirova launched the pan-European private equity fund in September 2021, aiming to invest in companies providing sustainable innovative solutions and technologies contributing to the environmental transition. The fund targets five main themes, including smart…