Google inks deal to remove carbon dioxide, measure waste-generated methane emissions

The tech company will team with bio-waste removal startup Vaulted Deep to remove 50,000 tonnes of CO2 and work with carbon registry Isometric on standards to measure averted methane emissions.

By Lamar Johnson • Sept. 17, 2025

EPA proposes ending the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program

The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rule would eliminate required GHG emissions reporting for carbon dioxide injection sites, fuel and industrial gas suppliers and “most large facilities."

By Lamar Johnson • Sept. 15, 2025

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This year has shaped up to be a formative one for ESG, from the U.S. pulling out of major climate agreements to federal agencies recalibrating their approach to sustainability under the new administration.

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SEC chair targets IFRS priorities, shares concerns on ‘prescriptive’ EU sustainability laws

Paul Atkins said the International Sustainability Standards Board’s parent organization should refocus on its accounting board and the EU should drop double materiality requirements.

By Lamar Johnson • Sept. 12, 2025

BlackRock’s support for environmental, social proposals dips to less than 2% in 2025

After peaking in the 2021 proxy season, the world’s largest asset manager has reduced its support for environmental and social proposals each of the past four proxy seasons.

By Lamar Johnson • Sept. 11, 2025

PepsiCo issues first progress report on revamped packaging sustainability targets

The company surpassed the annual virgin plastic reduction goal it set in May, while inching toward a reworked long-term recycled content target.

By Katie Pyzyk • Sept. 9, 2025

SBTi issues draft power sector net-zero standard

The Science Based Targets initiative said the power sector standards are interoperable with its revised Corporate Net-Zero Standard and is seeking feedback.

By Lamar Johnson • Sept. 8, 2025

How soil accounting software can help improve carbon offsetting’s credibility: Perennial CEO

The company’s new mapping software quantifies how much carbon is captured by regenerative agricultural projects, with fewer soil samples and lower costs, said CEO Jack Roswell.

By Lauren Schenkman • Updated Sept. 11, 2025

Vanguard supports no environmental, social proposals for second straight year

The world’s second-largest asset manager also reported witnessing declines in environmental and social submissions, and shareholder proposals more broadly, while anti-ESG filings increased.

By Lamar Johnson • Sept. 4, 2025

Over 30 organizations urge EU to keep banks in sight for future CSDDD compliance

A joint letter asked policymakers to protect the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive’s “review clause,” which keeps the door open to applying it to the financial sector.

By Lauren Schenkman • Sept. 3, 2025

Preliminary injunction halts enforcement of Texas’ latest anti-ESG law

A federal judge stopped the state from enforcing its law targeting proxy advisers, which was set to go into effect Sept. 1, in a win for plaintiffs Institutional Shareholder Services and Glass Lewis.

By Lamar Johnson • Sept. 2, 2025

Mexico’s avocado industry pledges deforestation-free exports by 2026

The move comes after investigations found illegal deforestation and water sourcing, along with violent coercion, in Mexico’s avocado region.

By Lauren Schenkman • Aug. 28, 2025

NZBA will vote to abandon membership model after industry exodus

After waves of exits by U.S., Canadian and European banks, the Net-Zero Banking Alliance said it would vote on forgoing a membership-based model and focus on establishing industry guidance.

By Lamar Johnson • Aug. 27, 2025

EU promises to ‘reduce administrative burden’ of sustainability laws on US companies

A joint statement on the new trade agreement between the U.S. and the European Union also promised “flexibility” regarding import fees tied to carbon emissions.

By Lauren Schenkman • Aug. 26, 2025

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.

By Lamar Johnson • Aug. 25, 2025

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.

By Caroline Colvin • Aug. 25, 2025

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.

By Lauren Schenkman • Aug. 21, 2025

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 Juge Gregg, partner at the law firm Crowell & Moring.

By Lamar Johnson • Aug. 20, 2025

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.

By Lamar Johnson • Aug. 15, 2025

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.

By Lauren Schenkman • Aug. 14, 2025

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.

By Ari Selman, Elizabeth Goldberg, Levi McAllister, Rick Rothman, Carl Valenstein, Rachel Mann • Aug. 13, 2025

Major companies reframing, not abandoning, DEI: report

More than half of S&P 100 companies adjusted their diversity, equity and inclusion messaging in major filings in 2025, according to The Conference Board.

By Lauren Schenkman • Aug. 12, 2025

DEI pushback affects LGBTQ+ marketing: Here’s what the numbers say

Inclusive ads impact the purchasing behavior of 77% of LGBTQ+ consumers, according to data from Disqo and Do the Werq.

By Sara Karlovitch • Aug. 8, 2025

Over 300 organizations ask EU to preserve scope and rigor of sustainability legislation

Financial institutions, companies and advocacy groups released a joint statement calling for the European Union to maintain key aspects of the CSRD and CSDDD.

By Lauren Schenkman • Aug. 8, 2025

Data center flexibility can save money but may come with higher emissions: MIT

In Texas, where renewable energy is booming, data center emissions fell by up to 40% in the MIT modeling of flexible data center workloads. In other regions, however, emissions rose.

By Robert Walton • Aug. 8, 2025

State finance officials press US asset managers to denounce ESG, climate

A coalition of 26 Republican state finance officials sent letters to executives at 25 firms, pushing them to denounce climate and net-zero commitments.

By Lamar Johnson • Aug. 4, 2025