In this week’s ESG News Week In Review, regulators tightened climate disclosure and financial risk oversight as governments recalibrated transition policy. Singapore introduced climate transition risk rules for banks and insurers, California set an August 2026 deadline for corporate climate disclosures affecting more than 4,000 companies, and South Korea advanced ISSB-aligned reporting for major listed firms. In Europe, the EU proposed an Industrial Accelerator Act to scale low-carbon manufacturing while Italy called for a pause in the carbon market amid growing ETS tensions.
Carbon and energy markets also advanced. The UN issued its first Article 6.4 carbon credits, Boeing secured 40,000 tonnes of durable carbon removal, and major industrial capture projects progressed in Europe. Clean energy investment accelerated with hydrogen, solar and storage projects moving forward, including a $1.2B green hydrogen development in southern Europe, while green bonds and transition loans signaled continued capital flowing into the energy transition.
GOVERNMENT, POLICY & REGULATION
CARBON
CLIMATE & ENERGY TRANSITION
EXECS ON THE MOVE
SUSTAINABLE/CLIMATE FINANCE
ESG INVESTING, FUNDS
ENVIRONMENT, NATURE & BIODIVERSITY
ESG/SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING
TOOLS & SERVICES, TECHNOLOGY
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