Sustainability and business risk software company ESG Playbook announced the launch of Essential Worksheets and Premium Modules, two new sustainability reporting product tiers targeted at small and mid-sized businesses. According to ESG Playbook, the new solutions come as smaller businesses are looking for practical ways to begin reporting, with stakeholders ranging from investors and lenders to insurers, and customers increasingly…

Brazil-based meat giant JBS Foods, the largest global producer of beef and poultry, revealed that it has retired its goal to achieve net zero emissions across its value chain by 2040, and replaced it with goals that no longer include Scope 3 emissions, which account for the vast majority of its greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint. In a post accompanying the…

Circular fashion marketplace startup Fleek announced that it has raised $25 million in a Series B funding round, with proceeds to be used to develop AI-powered technology enabling the second-hand fashion industry scale to meet growing demand. Founded in 2021 by Abhi Arora and Sanket Agarwal, London-based Fleek operates a B2B secondhand fashion marketplace and develops AI tools designed to…

Canadian climate-focused investor initiative Business Future Pathways (BFP) announced the release of a new draft of the methodology underlying the development of Canada’s Sustainable Finance Taxonomy, its upcoming categorization system aimed at helping investors to identify sustainable investments, and to drive capital into business and projects that reduce emissions in line with Canada’s net zero goals. While including the “green”…

Sustainable finance-focused ratings and research provider EthiFinance and sustainability data and technology company ESG Book announced a merger transaction aimed at creating one of Europe’s largest, independent credit and sustainability rating agencies. The companies said that the new entity will provide a European rating “champion,” offering an alternative to U.S.-based incumbents, and fill a sustainable data gap in private markets,…

Aerospace giant Airbus and aircraft engine manufacturer MTU Aero Engines announced the launch of a new joint venture focused on the development and commercialization of the first hydrogen-based fuel cell propulsion system for commercial aircraft. The aviation industry accounts for approximately 2-3% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, with that figure potentially rising dramatically over the coming decades if no…

French energy giant TotalEnergies announced today that it has divested its distributed solar generation activities in Europe, selling all of its distributed solar assets in 7 countries to renewable energy companies Amarenco and AMPYR Distributed Energy. In a statement announcing the sale, TotalEnergies said that the transactions will enable it to refocus its renewable development on large utility-scale solar and…

Guest post by: Bridget Wise, Sustainability Analyst, Secaro Although the SBTi’s V2.0 standard is more complicated than its predecessor, it is this complexity,  the guardrails of  integrity criteria – which allow for a more practical and flexible approach. And, as many companies struggled to meet goals under the V.1 standard despite best efforts, it was critical for the SBTi to…

Geothermal energy technology company Quaise Energy announced that it has raised $134 million at the first close of a Series B funding round, with proceeds aimed at supporting the development of the world’s first commercial superhot geothermal power plant. Founded in 2018 as a spinout from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge-based Quaise develops solutions aimed at harnessing superhot geothermal…

TenneT Germany, the largest electricity transmission system operator in Germany, announced that it has raised €3.5 billion in its inaugural green bond offering, marking the largest corporate issuance to date under the EU’s European Green Bond (EuGB) standard. TenneT noted strong demand for the offering, with the issuance more than 6x oversubscribed. The issuance included four tranches, with maturities of…