Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) technology and production company LanzaJet today announced an investment from Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund. According to the company, the new investment would enable LanzaJet to continue building its capability and capacity to deploy its sustainable fuels process technology globally. Launched in 2020 by carbon recycling technology company LanzaTech, Illinois-based LanzaJet has developed “Alcohol-to-Jet” technology enabling the…
The UK government announced today that it has confirmed its target mandating at least 10% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in the UK jet fuel mix by 2030. Fuel accounts for the vast majority of the aviation sector’s emissions. Generally produced from sustainable resources, like waste oils and agricultural residues, SAF is seen as one of the key tools to help…
BlackRock and Temasek’s decarbonization-focused fund Decarbonization Partners announced today that it has raised $1.4 billion at the final close of its inaugural fund, Decarbonization Partners Fund I, well ahead of the firm’s $1 billion fundraising target. Decarbonization Partners was launched by BlackRock and Temasek in 2022, establishing a late-stage venture capital and growth private equity partnership to invest in companies…
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong announced that all listed companies will be required to begin providing mandatory climate-related disclosures based on the IFRS Foundation’s International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) new reporting standards, with Scope 1 and 2 emissions disclosure beginning as of the 2025 reporting year. The announcement follows the launch by the exchange last year of a consultation…
By: Reinhilde Weidacher, Global Head of Corporate Sustainability Services, ISS-Corporate, and Olivia Windorf, Sustainability Advisor, ISS-Corporate The adoption of the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) signals broad consensus on the importance of robust controls to prevent adverse impacts of business activities on people and the environment. Notwithstanding significant concessions on the ambitious proposal presented by the European Commission…
The IFRS Foundation’s International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) announced plans to launch new projects researching corporate disclosure on risks and opportunities in key sustainability-related areas including biodiversity, ecosystems and ecosystem services, and human capital, with the initiative aimed at informing its work on future sustainability reporting standard setting. According to ISSB Chair Emmanuel Faber, the new project follows market feedback…
Taiwan-based electronics manufacturing giant Hon Hai Technology Group, known internationally as Foxconn, announced a new pledge to run its worldwide operations on 100% renewable electricity by 2040. The new pledge extends a commitment made by Foxconn in 2022 to use at least 50% green power by 2030. The company’s renewable energy ratio is now greater than 40%. Foxconn also announced…
France-based energy giant Total Energies and BlackRock portfolio company Vanguard Renewables announced today an agreement to create a new joint venture to develop, projects to turn food biowaste into renewable natural gas (RNG) in the U.S. RNG, or biomethane, is produced from organic waste, such as agricultural, industrial, and household wastes, and is chemically identical to fossil-based natural gas, enabling…
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the conduct regulator for financial services firms and financial markets in the UK, announced the launch of a consultation on a new proposal to extend its new Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR), including rules aimed at helping investors assess the sustainability attributes of investment products, and to avoid greenwashing risk, to portfolio managers. The proposal follows…