Index provider FTSE Russell, and climate risk analytics platform announced a new agreement to explore a new partnership to jointly develop climate-scenario based indices and analytics, aimed at enabling investors to embed climate insights into financial decision making. Founded in 2014, Planetrics provides advanced modelling of physical and transition climate impacts across a variety of assets, sectors and regions, offering…

Sustainability-focused private equity investor Lightrock announced that it has raised $500 million in commitments for Accelerate7, a new fund aimed at supporting businesses expanding access to clean energy and sustainable energy solutions across across Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia According to the company, more than 660 million people globally still lack access to electricity, while approximately 2.1 billion…

New York-based ECOncrete announced that it has raised $14 million in a new funding round, with proceeds from the financing aimed at scaling its technology to improve the ecological sustainability of marine infrastructure. Founded in 2012, ECOncrete develops nature-inclusive concrete solutions designed to enhance biodiversity and climate resilience in coastal and offshore infrastructure projects, including seawalls, breakwaters, ports, waterfronts, offshore…

ESG, sustainability, and compliance solutions provider Diginex announced the appointment of Archana Kotecha as Chief Impact Officer. Kotecha joined Diginex through the company’s acquisition earlier this year of The Remedy Project, an advisory and research company specializing in labor and human rights in global supply chains. Kotecha founded The Remedy Project in 2020, offering solutions aimed at protecting workers’ rights…

Swiss International Air Lines announced a new partnership with aviation technology startup Metafuels aimed at supporting the development and scale-up of synthetic sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) solutions. Generally produced from sustainable resources, like waste oils and agricultural residues, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is seen as one of the key tools to help decarbonize the aviation industry in the near- to…

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Bureau Veritas’ sustainability solutions platform AITrack announced the launch of Supply Chain Engagement, a new solution aimed at enabling companies to collect and validate supplier emissions data to support procurement decisions, product strategy, mitigation planning, and sustainability reporting. Bureau Veritas acquired AITrack in 2024 through its acquisition of sustainability planning solutions provider Aligned Incentives, with the platform focused on enabling…

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Renewable energy producer DESRI and Meta announced the signing of new power purchase agreements (PPAs),providing the tech giant with 850 MW of clean energy capacity from solar and battery storage projects across the U.S. Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, ranked as the largest corporate clean energy offtaker globally in 2025, according to a recent report by BloombergNEF, contracting…

Automotive giant Ford announced the official launch of Ford Energy, its new battery energy storage systems (BESS) business, aimed at providing BESS solutions for utilities, data centers and large industrial and commercial companies in the U.S. The launch of the new business follows plans by announced by Ford last year to launch a new BESS unit after reporting a $19.5…