Utility giant Exelon’s climate arm backs grid-planning firm Continuum

“Technologies that help the utility be more efficient in terms of building infrastructure … is a space that we're looking at,” Exelon’s Climate Change Investment Initiative lead told ESG Dive.

By Lamar Johnson • Sept. 23, 2026

Vaulted Deep gets $35M debt deal to expand bio-waste CDR

The financing was secured on the backs of its long-term purchase commitments — including those with Frontier Climate buyers like Google and Stripe — to expand its carbon removal solution nationwide.

By Lamar Johnson • Sept. 21, 2026

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The ESG landscape in the U.S. continues to shift, as federal agencies' efforts to recalibrate their approach to sustainability are juxtaposed with states forging ahead with their own climate disclosure laws.

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SEC’s plan to scrap shareholder proposal rule sparks criticism

Industry and legal experts told ESG Dive that the rescission proposal is likely to have ripple effects and spur more shareholder pressure elsewhere.

By Lamar Johnson • Sept. 18, 2026

SEC moves to officially roll back Rule 14a-8

The details of the plan to rescind the shareholder proxy proposal rule come on the heels of the SEC’s push to make quarterly reporting by public companies optional.

By Maura Webber Sadovi • Sept. 18, 2026

Google deal to generate 1M carbon credits from cutting methane emissions

The deal with Mitti Labs is designed to cut the methane equivalent of 3 million metric tons of carbon dioxide over 20 years by transitioning rice farmers to alternative agricultural practices.

By Lamar Johnson • Sept. 14, 2026

Balancing cost and compliance: The evolution of costs savings for accounts payable management

QuickBooks Bill Pay helps SMBs streamline payments, reduce costs and strengthen financial controls.

By Emily Fowler • Sept. 14, 2026

Standard Chartered unveils platform to manage, decarbonize supply chain

The bank’s “Supply Net Zero” platform will provide suppliers with resources and guidance to better understand where their emissions originate from and what they can do to reduce them.

By Zoya Mirza • Sept. 10, 2026

AI costs expected to rise through 2027

In a Deloitte survey, nearly two-thirds of respondents expect AI-related costs and operational complexity to rise in the new year. Many are still prioritizing the technology anyway.

By Dan Niepow • Sept. 10, 2026

NextEra secures $1.9B DOE loan for Duane Arnold nuclear restart

The U.S. Department of Energy under the Trump administration has financed three plant restarts and made other conditional commitments to bring nuclear power online.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 9, 2026

Federal judge blocks New York’s $75B Climate Change Superfund Act

New York can no longer enforce a state law that requires fossil fuel companies to financially compensate it in billions of dollars for their role in generating greenhouse gas emissions.

By Zoya Mirza • Sept. 8, 2026

SEC prods ISS on client vote, recommendation disclosures

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s request “raises serious First Amendment concerns,” an Institutional Shareholder Services spokesperson told ESG Dive.

By Lamar Johnson • Sept. 8, 2026

SEC to propose recission of rule governing shareholder proposals: OMB

The Securities and Exchange Commission has submitted a proposal to rescind Rule 14a-8 to the White House Office of Management and Budget. The proposal is pending regulatory review.  

By Lamar Johnson • Sept. 1, 2026

Republican AGs press Big 4 firms over climate-related financial reporting

Sixteen GOP state attorneys general are probing KPMG, EY, PwC and Deloitte over their membership to organizations that pushed to advance climate-related financial reporting.

By Lamar Johnson • Sept. 1, 2026

Dem AGs dispute GOP’s probe into credit ratings agencies over ESG

In their letter to the SEC, the state attorneys general said their Republican counterparts’ criticism of credit rating agencies drew conclusions “based on factual inaccuracies and distortions.”

By Lamar Johnson • Aug. 28, 2026

Deloitte to pay $21.5M to settle claims its DEI programs violated federal civil rights law

“Government contractors cannot reward or penalize employees based on race or sex,” the attorney general said.

By Ginger Christ • Aug. 28, 2026

World Bank raises $4B through new sustainable development bond

The international financial institution said the seven-year bond will support its goal to “mobilize capital for sustainable development.”

By Zoya Mirza • Aug. 25, 2026

Want a board seat? Xero’s CFO says being a good operator isn’t enough

Claire Bramley says CFOs chasing board seats need to show they can think like enterprise leaders, not just modern finance leaders.

By Adam Zaki • Aug. 24, 2026

Citi reports sustainable finance progress, sets new 2030 goals

The bank said it had committed $647.2 billion to sustainable financing since 2020, with CEO Jane Fraser noting its clients see resilience as a “competitive necessity.”

By Lamar Johnson • Aug. 24, 2026

Governance proposals rise as environmental and social filings plummet: report

Though governance proposals remain the most popular category among companies, support also fell for such proposals, The Conference Board found.

By Lamar Johnson • Aug. 20, 2026

SEC says it will stop responding to no-action requests ‘entirely’

After sitting out the bulk of the no-action process in the 2025-26 proxy season, the SEC is now considering broader changes to the rule governing shareholder proposals.

By Lamar Johnson • Aug. 17, 2026

Bank of America pledges $250B toward updating US infrastructure

BofA will lend, bank, invest in and advise on projects such as data centers, power generation and transportation.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Aug. 17, 2026

$20B in federal climate grants unblocked by appeals court

A divided court rejected the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s attempt to reclaim Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grants “based solely on a policy disagreement” with the Inflation Reduction Act. 

By Robyn Griggs Lawrence • Aug. 6, 2026

US sustainable funds see positive inflows for first time since 2022: Morningstar

After 14 consecutive quarters of outflows, sustainable funds in the United States saw almost $3 billion in net inflows during the year’s second quarter.

By Lamar Johnson • Aug. 5, 2026

Worker alleges lack of fossil fuel-free 401(k) option violated his religious rights

A lawsuit tying a worker’s climate objections to his Christian beliefs could set a precedent in the post-Groff landscape, his attorneys argued.

By Emilie Shumway • Aug. 5, 2026

JPMorgan to deploy $750B for affordable housing by 2035

The bank will invest the capital through its American Dream Initiative, an economic mobility program launched earlier this year that also aims to boost housing access.

By Lamar Johnson • Aug. 4, 2026