J.P. Morgan Asset Management announced the appointment of Leslie Rich as Global Head of Sustainable Investing Research Insights. In her new role, Rich will be responsible for leading the delivery of analysis and insights to help inform client portfolios across the firm’s global Sustainable Investing & Stewardship platform. In a post announcing the appointment, Christian Preussner, Global Head of Sustainable…

Sustainability ratings and solutions provider EcoVadis and private markets-focused ESG data solutions provider Novata announced today the launch of a new partnership aimed at enabling companies to measure and address supply chain carbon emissions data. According to EcoVadis, the new partnership forms part of its efforts to build its Carbon Data Network (CDN), a data exchange launched by the company…

Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reporting framework provider GHG Protocol announced the release of the results of its public consultation on the Scope 2 standard, detailing the feedback received on its proposed update to the methods underlying reporting of emissions from companies’ purchased electricity and electricity sector actions. The report indicated very low support by companies for some of GHG Protocol’s most significant…

Real estate sustainability data solutions provider Deepki announced today the acquisition of real estate electrification-focused agentic AI technology startup Camion. Founded in 2023, London-based Camion provides an AI-powered platform aimed at accelerating the deployment of electrification infrastructure. The company’s solutions leverage advanced agentic AI and localized predictive financial models to optimize the transition to electrification, including helping real estate owners,…

Deutsche Bank reported that its sustainable and transition financing volumes reached €31 billion (USD$35.5 billion) in the second quarter of 2026, increasing by 11% over Q2 2025, and marking the bank’s strongest sustainable finance quarter since late 2021, as well as the second strongest since the launch of its sustainability strategy in 2020. For the first half of the year,…

Guest post by: Jim Hietala, Vice President, Sustainability and Market Development for The Open Group There is a pattern that shows up whenever an industry experiences a wave of new regulation. The first response is usually predictable: organizations focus on compliance. New reporting requirements appear, teams are assembled, consultants are hired, spreadsheets multiply, and everyone works hard to demonstrate that…

Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s alternative investments platform, Goldman Sachs Alternatives, announced an agreement with German power producer RWE’s U.S.-based subsidiary RWE America’s U.S. Distributed Clean Energy (DCE) business. According to Goldman Sachs, the acquisition comes as surging power demand and grid decentralization are driving unprecedented demand for localized renewable energy. Teresa Mattamouros, Managing Director within Infrastructure at Goldman Sachs Alternatives,…

Japan-based IT services and digital transformation company NTT Data announced today that it has signed a new strategic agreement with French energy company Engie, aimed at supporting the decarbonization, energy resilience and sustainable expansion of NTT Data’s global data center operations. Under the new partnership, NTT Data said that it will secure long-term access to competitive renewable energy and power…

Mercedes-Benz and Norway-based aluminum and renewable energy company Hydro announced the expansion of their partnership, aimed at decarbonizing the aluminum supply chain for the automaker’s next generation of large electrical vehicles. As an initial step under the agreement, Mercedes-Benz said it is the first automaker in Europe to use Hydro’s recycled aluminum, Hydro CIRCAL, in the series production of its…

Madrid-based renewable energy company Zelestra announced that it has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Tesla agreeing to purchase the entire output from a new 140 MW solar project in Texas. The new solar project, the Lumen solar farm, will be located in Anderson County, in northeast, Texas, within the ERCOT market. Zelestra said that it expects to begin…