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High-Yield, Climate-Positive Investment: The £100M green bond offers a 12.5% return while financing scalable carbon-negative biochar solutions. Diversification Beyond Wind and Solar: Investors gain exposure to circular economy projects and voluntary carbon credit markets through secured, asset-backed bonds. Strategic Industry Partnerships: Collaboration with Onnu, BeZero, and Brunel University enhances biochar innovation, tracking, and carbon capture capability. ReGenEarth, a sustainability venture founded from Stephen Lansdown’s Earth Capital, has launched a £100 million Green Bond Programme in partnership with circular economy energy experts RER. The initiative will fund the integration of biochar production into existing anaerobic digestion (AD) and biomass sites across…

Versalis launches new ‘Hoop’ technology to recycle mixed plastic waste into high-grade feedstock for new plastics. The project is part of Eni’s €2B strategy to transform its struggling chemical division through sustainable innovation. A full-scale plant in Priolo, Sicily, is under consideration, with a final investment decision expected in 2026. Versalis, the chemical subsidiary of Italian energy giant Eni, has inaugurated a demonstration plant in Mantova, Italy, showcasing its proprietary chemical recycling technology, Hoop. The technology enables the transformation of mixed plastic waste into new plastic materials—including those suitable for food and pharmaceutical packaging. “This marks a significant milestone in…

The EPP Group formally opposes the Green Claims Directive, citing excessive complexity and regulatory burden. Lawmakers argue the directive lacks a proper cost-benefit analysis and fails to justify its impact on businesses. A key point of contention is the pre-approval mechanism for environmental claims, deemed inconsistent with EU market norms. In a formal letter to Commissioner Jessika Roswall, the European People’s Party (EPP) has called for the complete withdrawal of the EU’s proposed Green Claims Directive (GCD), citing significant concerns over administrative burden, legal coherence, and lack of regulatory justification. The EPP, the largest political group in the European Parliament,…

India is preparing to source crude oil from outside the Persian Gulf and cut its own refined-product exports should the Strait of Hormuz be blocked to ship traffic, Oil Minister Hardeep Puri said Thursday. About a quarter of the world’s oil trade passes through the key waterway, which links the Gulf to the Indian Ocean. Some market watchers are concerned that Iran, locked in a conflict with long-time adversary Israel, could choose to attack tankers sailing through Hormuz or close the strait altogether. “We have enough stocks” of crude and refined products, Puri told NDTV television. “We have enough diversified…

China has eased its restrictions on exports of rare earth elements by approving “a certain number” of export licenses, its commerce ministry said on Thursday in what could be the beginning of eased access to rare earths for the global supply chains.   A certain number of applications has been approved, the ministry said, as carried by Reuters. However, China did not elaborate on whether U.S. firms have been granted licenses or how many applications have been approved. “China will continue to strengthen the approval process for compliant applications, and is willing to further enhance communication and dialogue with relevant countries on export…

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First-ever rated carbon credit portfolio: Rubicon Carbon’s new Rubicon Rated Tonne (RRT) is the first to receive BeZero Carbon’s AAport rating, indicating high confidence in climate impact. Enhanced transparency for buyers: The third-party verified rating gives corporate procurement teams assurance in the effectiveness of purchased credits. New market standard for carbon integrity: BeZero’s methodology sets rigorous thresholds, offering a risk-adjusted, portfolio-level lens for assessing carbon credit quality. Rubicon Carbon has launched the Rubicon Rated Tonne (RRT), a portfolio of rigorously vetted carbon credits that has received an AAport rating from BeZero Carbon under its new Portfolio Rating framework—the first time…

TerraPower closed a $650 million funding round with backing from NVentures, Bill Gates, and HD Hyundai. Funds will support the rollout of its Natrium® advanced nuclear reactor technology in the U.S. and globally. NVIDIA joins TerraPower’s investor base, signaling nuclear’s rising role in powering AI and carbon-free energy needs. TerraPower has raised $650 million in a major funding round backed by existing and new investors, including NVentures—NVIDIA’s venture capital arm—Bill Gates, and HD Hyundai. The funding will accelerate the deployment of TerraPower’s Natrium® reactor, a next-generation nuclear solution paired with gigawatt-scale energy storage. The company began non-nuclear construction last year…

ESG-focused software analytics platform provider Datamaran announced the launch of Datamaran Core, a new solution aimed at supporting companies in identifying, managing, and disclosing ESG issues, risks and opportunities. Targeted at sustainability, legal, and risk teams, the new solution is designed to help users to deliver insights and to manage regulatory alignment in areas such as climate change, resource use, consumers & end users, and business conduct, without the complexity and cost of a full governance platform, according to Datamaran. According to Datamaran, the new Core product includes access to a series of modules, including Materiality Assessment to help identify…

Halliburton has entered into a strategic collaboration with Petronas Carigali, a Petronas subsidiary, to advance subsurface modeling and reservoir management. As part of the collaboration, Petronas will deploy Halliburton Landmark’s DecisionSpace® 365 Geosciences Suite and Unified Ensemble Modeling solutions with the objective to unify exploration and development workflows and accelerate time to first oil.  Halliburton Landmark’s DecisionSpace geosciences technology Halliburton Landmark’s scalable earth modeling and ensemble workflows are a significant evolution from traditional grid-based modeling and deterministic reservoir forecasting. These technologies are intended to enable Petronas exploration and asset teams to collaborate in real time using a unified live earth model, with…