This week in ESG news: China releases corporate climate reporting standard; Trump pulls U.S. out of major UN climate treaty; JPMorgan stops using proxy advisors for voting, using new AI platform instead; Philippines launches mandatory sustainability reporting standards; Standard Chartered raises €1 billion in inaugural green bond offering; Ørsted, Equinor sue Trump administration for halting near-complete, multi-billion dollar offshore wind projects; Meta signs deal to build up to 8 advanced nuclear reactors in U.S.; Amazon makes EcoVadis sustainability performance a searchable criteria for business buyers, and more.
See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today:
Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements
Meta Signs Deal with Bill Gates’ TerraPower to Build up to 8 Advanced Nuclear Reactors in U.S.
Amazon Business Store Enables Sellers to Display EcoVadis Sustainability Performance
bp, Corteva Launch Biofuel Feedstock Platform
Microsoft, MISO Partner to Modernize Grid for Increased Demand from Data Centers, Electrification
Guest Post: In 2026, Resilience & Sustainability Are Non-Negotiable
Equinor Sues to Keep Building Empire Wind After Trump Order Halting $5 Billion Renewable Energy Project
Eni Spins Out Refineries Under Decarbonized Energy Strategy
Ørsted Challenges Trump Administration Order to Halt $5 Billion Offshore Wind Project Weeks Before Entering into Service
Government & Regulators
Trump Pulls U.S. Out of Major International Climate, Energy and Sustainable Development Organizations
Sustainability Reporting
Philippines Launches Mandatory IFRS-Based Sustainability Reporting Standards
China Releases Corporate Climate Reporting Standard
ESG Services and Tools
Diginex Acquires Supply Chain Human Rights Advisory Firm The Remedy Project
Sustainable Finance
Standard Chartered Issues €1 Billion Green Bond to Finance Clean Energy, Green Building Projects
Acumen Raises $250 Million to Bring Clean Energy Access to Underserved Markets
Sustainable Investing
JPMorgan Replaces Proxy Advisors with New Internal AI Platform
Private Equity & Venture Capital
Equitable Earth Raises $14.7 Million to Advance Certification Standard for Nature-Based Carbon Projects
Biographica Raises $9.4 Million to Design Climate-Resilient Crops with AI
Blackstone Acquires Environmental Compliance Services Provider Alliance Technical Group from Morgan Stanley
HASI, Sunrun Launch $500 Million JV to Finance and Build New Solar and Storage Residential Power Plants
TPG’s Impact Fund Acquires Majority Stake in Food Supply Chain Software Provider Trustwell
Exec Moves
Sustainability Investor Impax Hires Former HSBC AM UK CEO Stuart White
Impact Investing Advisory Human Planet Hires Sabrin Rahman to Lead MENA Expansion
HSBC Appoints Chaoni Huang as Head of Sustainable Finance and Transition for Asia
