Agriculture-focused carbon platform Agreena announced it has secured a seven-year agreement with one of the world’s largest commodity trading houses for the purchase of 4.45 million tonnes of carbon credits over seven years from a project focused on supporting farmers in transitioning to regenerative agriculture. The deal marks the largest publicly communicated agreement signed to date in agricultural carbon, and…

Sustainability data platform Tracera announced the appointment of co-founder Sandeep Chand as its new CEO, succeeding fellow co-founder Patrick Obeid in the role. Incubated at Bain & Company in 2022, New York-based Tracera – formerly called ESG Flo – provides solutions aimed at enabling companies to simplify ESG data collection, verification, and reporting, covering areas ranging from data collection, carbon…

Nuclear technology company Bluecore Energy announced today that it has raised $50 million in a seed funding round, with proceeds from the new financing aimed at accelerating the development and deployment of its floating nuclear energy systems. Emerging from stealth earlier this year, Port of Long Beach-based Bluecore is developing small modular, water-cooled nuclear reactors that operate aboard floating barges,…

Crop nutrition company Yara announced the inauguration of its new carbon capture facility at the company’s Yara Sluiskil ammonia and fertilizer plant in the Netherlands. Capable of capturing and liquefying up to 800,000 tons of CO2 annually from ammonia production, the project marks largest industrial carbon capture facility in Europe to date. Additionally, with carbon captured from the new facility…

Renewable energy investment, management, and development platform Qualitas Energy announced an agreement to acquire solar energy company Cero Generation’s core European clean energy platform from Macquarie Group. Launched by Macquarie in 2021, London-based Cero, specializes in the development, construction, and operation of solar photovoltaic (PV) and battery energy storage system (BESS) projects. Under the agreement, Qualitas will acquire Cero’s 5.8…

Sustainability ratings and solutions provider EcoVadis and sustainability data platform CO2 AI announced the launch of a new partnership aimed at helping organizations accelerate their Scope 3 decarbonization efforts with clearer and more accurate supply chain carbon data. According to EcoVadis, the new partnership forms part of its efforts to build its Carbon Data Network (CDN), a data exchange launched…

Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, announced the appointment of Luciano Lilloy to the newly created position of Head of Sustainable Equities. Lilloy joins the firm from sustainable transition-focused investor Impax Asset Management, where he most recently served as Portfolio Manager, co-managing over $10 billion in sustainable, thematic equities. In his new role, Lilloy will play…

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), Hong Kong’s central banking institution, announced the release of its draft “Phase 2A” of the Hong Kong Taxonomy, with proposals to expand its sustainable finance and investment classification system to include a series of new climate mitigation and adaptation categories, and additional activities targeting the low-carbon transition of hard-to-abate sectors. The proposed update follows…

Guest post by: Dan Krekelberg, director, Climate Strategy; Andrea Adams, director, GHG Verification and Tanya Peacock, managing director, California and Hydrogen, at EcoEngineers How SB 253 Is Reshaping the Way Companies Measure, Report, and Verify Emissions For years, greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting has been a best practice for companies, driven by voluntary sustainability commitments and in response to investor due…

Fragrance, food and cosmetics ingredients producer Symrise announced the appointment of Carolina Gioscio as its new Chief Sustainability Officer. Gioscio takes on her new role leading Symrise’s “One Sustainability” team after more than 20 years at global chemicals company Evonik, where she held a series of senior sustainability roles, including most recently serving as Head of Sustainability – Segment Custom…