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  CARB to propose California’s long-awaited climate-risk disclosure regulations this fall

  The California Air Resources Board, tasked with implementing the rules, said at its latest public workshop that it would issue a notice of proposed rulemaking for the laws on Oct. 14.

  Sustainability

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  Collection, not public disclosure, may doom Illinois demographic data law

  Anti-DEI collective American Alliance for Equal Rights alleged that SB2930 violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments.

  Social Responsibility

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  Ann Arbor’s all-electric community offers a new model for net-zero living

  Veridian at County Farm stands out for its rooftop solar, heat pumps and potential community battery network. Will the local utility’s hesitation and loss of federal tax credits prevent other developers from following its lead?

  Sustainability

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  Democrat finance officials push asset managers to reaffirm commitment to manage climate risks

  A letter from 17 finance officials to BlackRock, Vanguard and 16 other firms seeks to counter a Republican-led letter urging firms to eschew viewing climate change as a long-term risk.

  Sustainability

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  Allbirds ‘remixes’ textile waste and foam scraps into new footwear collection

  The brand has released two new sneakers based on reclaimed footwear foam scraps and recycled polycotton waste.

  Sustainability

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  Companies with climate targets have more than tripled since 2023: SBTi

  A total of 10,949 companies worldwide now either have near-term targets or near-term and net-zero targets, or have committed to set them, according to a report by the Science-Based Targets initiative.

  Sustainability

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  California’s climate disclosure laws survive preliminary injunction request

  The ruling means companies won’t see a reprieve from the coming deadlines in California Senate Bills 253 and 261, says Crowell & Moring Partner Juge Gregg.

  Sustainability

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  Nestlé’s ‘groundbreaking’ process boosts cocoa output as climate change cuts yields

  The discovery would increase the supply of the popular commodity by using 30% more of the cocoa fruit, reducing waste.

  Sustainability

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  Google, Kairos Power deal aims for Tennessee nuclear reactor by 2030

  The agreement will provide Google with renewable energy attributes to decarbonize its data centers served by the Tennessee Valley Authority in Tennessee and Alabama.

  Sustainability

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  Rivian moving forward on $5B Georgia EV plant

  The battery electric vehicle maker will host two events next month to mark the restart of construction in 2026. 

  Sustainability

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  Energy demand, permitting top of mind at Congressional renewables expo

  Speakers from industry and national labs warned of obstacles to meeting the surge in energy demand expected in the next five to 10 years at July’s Congressional Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Expo.

  Updated Aug. 22, 2025

  Sustainability

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  Waste and recycling groups ‘disappointed’ by lack of plastics treaty

  Recycling groups will monitor the next round of talks for clues on infrastructure and end-market impacts. Plastics groups will push recycling over environmentalists’ calls for plastic production caps.

  Sustainability

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  Meta, Silicon Ranch partner on solar farm for South Carolina data center

  Silicon Ranch will invest $100 million to bring the 100MW facility online by 2027, and Meta will receive all of the renewable energy credits from the deal to help power its first data center in the state.

  Sustainability

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  Opinion

  Navigating sustainability in business in the era of regulatory fatigue

  Companies aren’t asking for less scrutiny from regulators — they’re asking for rules that make sense, and that help them focus on real results, says an EcoVadis executive.

  Sustainability

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  Wind, solar must show ‘significant’ work but ‘no fixed minimum’ under new Treasury rules

  To qualify for tax credits, projects will need to meet less cut-and-dried physical construction requirements instead of spending at least 5% of project costs to prove construction had commenced.

  Sustainability

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  Carbon management platform Gravity launches energy-savings marketplace

  The marketplace connects customers with projects offering financial and energy savings based on their energy consumption and carbon accounting data.

  Sustainability

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  PepsiCo, Bold Reuse partner on NFL stadium cups

  The collaboration follows PepsiCo doing away with a formal reuse target earlier this year. It’s also Bold Reuse’s first implementation in California.

  Sustainability

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  DOT relaunches EV charging fund with stripped-down guidance

  Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he does not "agree with subsidizing green energy," but he will run the NEVI program "efficiently." Critics said all he did was delay implementation.

  Sustainability

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  GOP attorneys general probe Science Based Targets initiative

  A coalition of 23 state attorneys general are seeking information on SBTi and its recently rolled out net-zero standard for financial institutions.

  Sustainability

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  Marsh issues insurance policy on US-based carbon removal project with ‘innovative’ financing

  The policy will protect Chestnut Carbon from the risk of not delivering carbon credits to Microsoft from a 60,000 acre afforestation project it’s developing in the American south.

  Sustainability

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  Homeowners rush to install solar ahead of expiring tax credits

  Business is booming for residential solar installers, but with an important residential tax credit expiring at the end of this year, the increase could be short-lived.

  Sustainability

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  Remote sensing to verify carbon removal projects holds promise, faces obstacles: reports

  Technologies to remotely assess the growth of forests could help verify carbon credits but leadership and standardization are lacking, according to two reports Meta commissioned from Carbon Direct.

  Sustainability

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  Opinion

  Countdown to compliance: Decoding California’s climate disclosure FAQs

  As the California Air Resources Board works to finalize the state's climate-risk disclosure regulations, companies should work to understand how the laws apply to them, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius says.

  Sustainability

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  Renewable power purchase agreement prices rising in wake of One Big Beautiful Bill Act

  The average price of new wind and solar power purchase agreements is up 4% since the OBBBA’s passage. Almost a third of developers surveyed said they plan to suspend or cancel projects as a result of the reconciliation bill.

  Corporate Governance

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  Nuveen raises $1.3B for energy and power infrastructure fund

  The fund will look to capitalize on a global growing need for power associated with artificial intelligence, digitalization and electrification.

  Sustainability

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