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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements HSBC Buys Biomass-Based Sustainable Aviation Fuel in Deal with Cathay Pacific, EcoCeres Alfa Laval Accelerates Net Zero Goal by 3 Years to 2027 Mercedes-Benz Sharpens Sustainability Focus on 6 Key ESG Areas BlackRock, (..)

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Seven sustainable finance predictions for 2025

Corporate Knights

Energy security has become an overriding concern in the last two years as oil and gas prices have shot up, and sustainable finance has faced an increasingly hostile political environment in the United States. Sustainable Investment Forum (US SIF). What does this mean for the year ahead?

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Fleets Giving EVs New Lease of Life

Chris Hall

BloombergNEF recently predicted global EV sales will exceed 30 million in 2027, rising to 74 million annually by 2040. Attributing many sales to advantageous government-backed salary sacrifice schemes, campaign group Transport and Environment has argued for their extension beyond scheduled expiry in 2027-28.

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NZAOA Gets to Grips with Decarbonising Debt

Chris Hall

The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change’s (IIGCC) next version of its Net Zero Investment Framework (NZIF) will also re-evaluate its guidance for sovereign bonds, drawing on ASCOR’s work. Last year, sovereign bonds represented almost 40% of the US$100 trillion global bond market, according to the World Bank.

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Take Five: A “Starting Point” for Sustainability Reporting 

Chris Hall

This week, the ISSB delivered its long-awaited sustainability standards, to overwhelming but not universal acclaim. Double trouble – Undoubtedly, the most significant development in sustainable investment this week was the release of its first two standards by the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB).

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This Week’s Tech and Tools News: NatureAlpha Joins UN Biodiversity Data Initiative

Chris Hall

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including NatureAlpha, Verdantix, Solactive, Minerva Analytics, Euronext, Joulea, and Clarity AI. index looks to respond to the growing demand for sustainable investment tools. billion on carbon management software.

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This Week’s Fund News: Invesco Launches Duo of ESG Bond ETFs

Chris Hall

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including Invesco, VanEck, ORRAA, Octopus Energy, and Victory Hill. Octopus currently manages 3 GW of renewable energy assets across Europe and aims to create 18 GW of green energy generation projects globally by 2027. .