EU proposes mandatory sustainability labels for data centers
The European Commission's new A-to-G rating system aims to curb the energy and water strain of tripling the bloc's data-center capacity.
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Green Economy & ESG
Carbon pricing, green finance, corporate sustainability.
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Sustainability has stopped being a voluntary heading for companies and become regulation. This section tracks carbon pricing, the effect of the EU’s carbon border adjustment on exporters, green financing instruments, and where corporate sustainability reporting is heading — placing stated targets next to disclosed data.
Türkiye opens second 2026 call for its industrial green transformation grants
TÜBİTAK has opened its second 2026 funding call for industrial green transformation projects, part of a World Bank-backed program supporting the shift to cleaner, more resource-efficient manufacturing.
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Canada axed its corporate accountability watchdog. Critics say the replacement has no teeth
Canada eliminated its human rights ombudsperson for overseas corporate misconduct, shifting oversight of mining and garment companies to an office critics say lacks independence and investigative power.
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Climate-vulnerable countries are spending 25 times more on debt than on climate action
A new ActionAid report finds that debt repayment will consume 65% of government revenue this year across 65 highly climate-vulnerable countries, leaving little room to invest in adapting to a warming world.
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Climate adaptation needs its own investment language, Singapore regulator says
Unlike carbon credits, resilience projects lack a common unit regulators say investors can use to compare and value them, slowing the flow of private capital.
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Hitachi Vantara commits to net-zero emissions across its value chain by 2040
The data infrastructure company's new science-based targets aim to cut emissions even as AI-driven data demand grows.
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Google signs a green steel deal with Stegra to offset its data center emissions
The agreement will help fund the world's first large-scale green steel plant as Google's own emissions climb alongside its AI data center buildout.
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Google signs its largest carbon removal deal, pairing methane cuts with rock weathering
A new partnership with Terradot will use rice-farming techniques and crushed volcanic rock across Brazil to cut methane now and remove carbon for decades.
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Verra launches a standard to verify climate projects inside corporate supply chains
The new Scope 3 Standard lets companies certify emissions cuts made across their value chains, not just their own operations.
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Electrified heat batteries head to a Holcim cement plant for the first time
Electrified Thermal Solutions will test heat batteries at a Holcim cement plant in the first commercial use of the technology for calcination.
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BlueOrchard raises $250 million to fund climate projects in emerging markets
BlueOrchard's new $250 million fund, the first investment-grade blended finance vehicle of its kind, aims to unlock more climate capital for developing economies.
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Oracle will publish live emissions and water-use data for its newest AI data center
Oracle says it will launch a public dashboard tracking emissions, water use and noise from its 1,400-acre AI data center campus in New Mexico, alongside twice-yearly independent environmental audits.
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