ESG Today

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Founded in 2021 , the Net-Zero Banking Alliance is a coalition of 145 banks spanning 44 countries and representing approximately $74 trillion in assets. Goldman Sachs announced a series of sustainability goals in early 2021, including a commitment to align its financing activities with a net zero by 2050 pathway.

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ESG Today

JUNE 27, 2025

Founded in 2021, Berlin-based Climatiq offers software infrastructure designed to embed carbon intelligence into decision-focused business tools. “Carbon intelligence” solutions provider Climatiq announced that it has raised €10 million (US$11.7 They want their existing tools to become carbon-aware rather than adopting separate tools.

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ESG Today

JULY 15, 2025

The new draft standard marks the latest in a series of planned sector reporting standards by the GRI, following the publication of its first sector standard in 2021 covering the oil and gas sector , followed by standards for sectors including coal , agriculture, aquaculture and fishing and mining.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Under the agreement, Tata Steel will supply the British construction equipment manufacturer with green steel from Port Talbot after completing its transformation plans. JCB, which maintains a close focus on carbon reduction in its manufacturing and equipment, will integrate the steel into its machinery range.

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ESG Today

JUNE 4, 2025

Converting our EU manufacturing sites to 100% renewable electricity is a significant step in our journey to further reduce our emissions, lower the carbon footprint of our products and put us on a clear path toward decarbonization in our operations by 2050.

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ESG Today

MARCH 12, 2025

Battery manufacturer Northvolt announced that it has filed for bankruptcy in Sweden, marking a major downfall for one of the most ambitious endeavours to establish a European EV battery giant. Major shareholders in the company included Volkwagen, with a 21% stake, and Goldman Sachs at 19%.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 21, 2025

The Canadian company says it produces more than 1,600 gigawatt hours of green energy from renewable sources, recycles thousands of tonnes of paper and paperboard, manufactures 100% recycled packaging and tissue products, and works to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at its plants across North America.

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ESG Today

MARCH 21, 2025

Founded in 2018, and acquired by Nasdaq in 2021 , Puro.earth provides a platform bringing together suppliers of carbon net-negative technologies and companies looking to reduce or counter their carbon footprints.

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Corporate Knights

MAY 5, 2025

Since 2021, it has used only lab-grown diamonds to avoid concerns about blood diamonds and inhumane labour practices and since 2024, exclusively gold and silver in recycled form. Six years later, Pandoras charms, which can be engraved and assembled to create personalized pieces, are just one element in its full palette of fine jewellery.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 21, 2025

Established in 2021, Spain-based H2SITE provides solutions to the hydrogen transport problem by converting hydrogen carriers with well-known supply chains and separating hydrogen gas blends into fuel cell purity hydrogen, offering reactors and separators for the conversion of different feedstocks into hydrogen.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 8, 2025

In his most recent role, Kennedy has served as a Partner at global professional services firm EY, focused on corporate sustainability, leading work on net zero strategy and planning for businesses across the banking, food, infrastructure and manufacturing sectors.

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3BL Media

JULY 8, 2025

These elections to the organization’s parity-based Board ensure equitable representation across manufacturers, affiliates, and brands & retailers to guide Cascale’s aim of powering collective action for a more sustainable, restorative consumer goods industry. He will continue to represent the Manufacturer member caucus.

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3BL Media

JULY 9, 2025

1 Trained more than 50,000 colleagues since launching Human Rights Policy in 2021. HRDD coverage has been expanded to increase coverage of suppliers’ manufacturing and logistic sites handling the company’s finished products.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 21, 2025

Royal Canadian Mint In 2023, Canadas coin producer released its inaugural Impact Report and committed to making its manufacturing carbon-neutral by 2030. In 2024, the company lowered its emissions 19% compared to its 2021 baseline and pledged to implement 100% renewable-energy use for its own operations by the end of this year.

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3BL Media

JULY 8, 2025

However, ERCOT stands out, experiencing a 14% rise in demand from 2021 to 2023. With the return of manufacturing and industrial facilities to the U.S., Overview of unprecedented growth Energy load growth has remained relatively consistent year over year across most Independent System Operators (ISOs).

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The IFRS Foundation’s International Sustainability Standards Board was launched in November 2021 , with the goal to develop IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards to provide investors with information about companies’ sustainability risks and opportunities.

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

JULY 10, 2025

Including GVA from the manufacture of chemicals and chemical products, the manufacture of basic metals, and the estimated GVA in the cement and lime industry within the other nonmetallic mineral products sector in 2022 for Portugal and Spain. 10 Based on the European Union’s 2021 emissions.

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We Mean Business Coalition

JULY 7, 2025

Revised in 2021 to provide a more intuitive A–G grading system, the label is now recognized by 93% of EU consumers, with three-quarters actively using it when purchasing appliances. Energy efficiency works best when policy pulls multiple levers at once: regulation, clear consumer information, and financial incentives.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 24, 2025

The fund had given the SBTi US$18 million in grants as part of a three-year agreement which started in 2021. He added that manufacturing processes and consumption patterns must be decarbonised to make a meaningful dent in global emissions, but noted that doing this will take time, with carbon emissions continuing to accumulate.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 1, 2025

The number of people in modern slavery increased by 20% globally between 2016 and 2021, rising to an estimated 50 million people, according to the International Labour Organisation (ILO). In renewable energy, for example, the risk lies in where the solar panels are manufactured, rather than the company which installs or operates solar farms.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 14, 2025

In 2019, US regulators investigated car manufacturers over stricter fuel efficiency standards, though no collusion was found. In 2021, the European Union fined Volkswagen and BMW for delaying the rollout of cleaner emissions technology, arguing that these actions disadvantaged consumers.

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Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 12, 2024

When prominent entrepreneur Jigar Shah took over as head of the Energy Departments Loan Programs Office in 2021, he had one primary mission: to get dollars out the door. billion to finance two electric vehicle battery manufacturing plants in Kokomo, Indiana. On Tuesday, long-duration energy storage company Eos closed a $303.5

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 15, 2025

Speaking ahead of the ceremony, Mr Chandrasekaran said the ground-breaking marked “the beginning of… a new era for sustainable manufacturing in Britain”. Notes [1] “Low-carbon production of iron and steel: Technology options, economic assessment, and policy”, Joule , April 2021.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

They include a project headed by PrintCity, a 3D manufacturing facility based within Manchester Metropolitan University, to create replacement parts through 3D scanning, computer aided design (CAD) and 3D polymer printing.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 25, 2025

A wind turbine blade manufactured in MHI Vestas Isle of Wight factory arrives in Portsmouth in June 2021, destined for use in the North Sea (image credit: Kevin Shipp / Shutterstock.com).

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Sustainability Matters

MAY 12, 2025

Chinese battery manufacturer CATL presented a sodium-ion battery in 2021 that completely dispenses with lithium and cobalt. Electrode production also benefits from the integration of artificial intelligence into the manufacturing process.

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Eco-Business

JUNE 19, 2025

The Production-Linked Incentive Scheme for large-scale electronics manufacturing offers performance-based financial incentives to promote domestic value addition. Tariff rationalisations now protect indigenous manufacturers from import competition. An e-waste goldmine In 2021-22, India generated approximately 1.6 Education 5.

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Eco-Business

JULY 23, 2025

The unprecedented damage complicates the target to halt and reverse deforestation and forest degradation by 2030, agreed upon by more than 140 countries at the COP26 UN climate change conference in 2021. Education 5. Gender equality 6. Brazil initially proposed it at COP28.

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ESG Today

MARCH 7, 2025

According to LFC, the new collaboration marks a significant step towards its efforts to reduce its environmental impact through its The Red Way sustainability strategy, launched by the club in 2021.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 21, 2025

His fingerprints are all over the changes that have led to Schneider being the first company to top the Global 100 more than once (it first earned top spot in 2021 ). It manufactures and sells everything from light switches to electrical panels. to move fast and to have an approval.

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Eco-Business

JUNE 5, 2025

Globally, China accounts for 65 per cent of manufacturing capacity for wind turbines and more than 80 per cent for solar panels, in addition to dominating the production of energy-storage systems and EVs. China’s dominance rests on a deeply integrated, highly coordinated manufacturing ecosystem. Education 5. Gender equality 6.

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Eco-Business

JULY 22, 2025

link] Copy By Fermín Koop, Dialogue Earth 6 minute read July 23, 2025 In 2024, Elisa Morgera was appointed as the United Nations’ special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change, becoming the second person to hold the position since its creation in 2021. Education 5. Gender equality 6.

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Eco-Business

JULY 14, 2025

Ultimately, the Global Climate Risk Index ranked Thailand as the ninth most affected country in 2021. Education 5. Gender equality 6. Climate-change-affected marine ecosystems have undermined Thai coastal communities dependent on fisheries for income.

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3BL Media

MAY 13, 2025

She has also been serving on the Board of Directors for the European Direct Selling Association (Seldia) since 2021 and is also serving as the Chair of the Polish Direct Selling Association (2025 2026). She is a recipient of several awards, including The 50 Most Valuable Women in Poland and Pearls of Polish Business. Did you know?

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3BL Media

JUNE 3, 2025

However, in light of the specific qualities that make mass timber different, such as its fire resistance and sturdiness even against natural disasters, changes to International Building Codes in 2021 deemed it safe to use mass timber in buildings up to 18 stories high. What Type of Trees Is Mass Timber Made From?

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 24, 2025

The supply bottlenecks trace back to manufacturers that already have orders backed up to 2029 or beyond, but are in no hurry to invest in new production lines that may only be in demand for a few more years, according to news reports from the United States and Europe. Investors are betting on natural gas, Heatmap wrote.

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Eco-Business

JULY 17, 2025

More modern forms of coal-to-chemical processing, seen for example in the production of ethylene (a gas used especially in the manufacture of polythene) are prevalent in the east and central regions. Education 5. Gender equality 6. The outcome of industrial relocation is beginning to take shape. Find out more and join us.

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