7+ hour, 54+ min ago  (248+ words) Environment/ Investors/ Private Equity & Venture Capital Mark Segal April 28, 2026 BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group (BTG Pactual TIG)announced that it has raised $1. 24 billion in commitments at the close of fundraising for its Latin American Reforestation Strategy, making it the largest-known…...

16+ hour, 32+ min ago  (510+ words) Netherlands-based insurance and financial services company Achmea announced the launch of its Climate and Nature Transition Plan 2026, setting out the company's plan to achieve its sustainability ambitions, including its goals to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its operations…...

15+ hour, 36+ min ago  (231+ words) ESG Reporting/ ESG Tools, Services/ Regulators Mark Segal April 28, 2026 The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the UK's conduct regulator for financial services firms and financial markets, announced an invitation to ESG rating providers to pilot a new proposed reporting regime for…...

17+ hour, 44+ min ago  (171+ words) ESG Tools, Services/ Government Mark Segal April 28, 2026 In the letter the AGs allege that the companies downgraded the credit ratings of fossil fuel companies "based on highly speculative ESG predictions and goals," and that their ESG policies also threaten to…...

19+ hour, 38+ min ago  (114+ words) ESG Reporting/ Executive Moves Mark Segal April 28, 2026 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reporting framework provider GHG Protocol'announced today the appointment of sustainability strategy and reporting veteran Tim Mohin to the newly created role of Chief Executive Officer. Geraldine Matchett, Chair of the…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (250+ words) Mark Segal April 27, 2026 Nuclear technology company Terra Power announced that it has officially started construction on Kemmerer Unit 1, anticipated by the company to be the first utility-scale advanced nuclear power plant in the U. S. Launched in 2008 by Bill Gates, Nathan Myhrvold…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (234+ words) Kenny Fisher April 27, 2026 Facebook, Instagram, and Whats App owner Meta and satellite startup Overview Energy announced an agreement to source solar energy from space to power AI infrastructure in the U. S. Founded in 2022, Virginia-based Overview Energy develops space-based solar power technology…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (332+ words) Kenny Fisher April 27, 2026 The World Bank Group announced that it has raised $120 million through the issuance of a new "Spekboom Restoration Outcome Bond," aimed at financing large-scale ecosystem restoration and job creation in South Africa's Eastern Cape province, with the…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (179+ words) Mark Segal April 27, 2026 Proposed changes by the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) to tighten carbon accounting criteria underlying standards for reporting of emissions from companies" electricity purchases will ultimately slow the corporate uptake of clean energy and reduce the pace…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (127+ words) Energy Transition/ Investors/ New funds & products Mark Segal April 27, 2026 According to DWS, the new fund is being launched as electrification emerges as one of the key structural trends of the coming decades, with global electricity demand growing at historically rapid…...