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ESG Today: Week in Review
Mark Segal
February 9, 2025
This week in ESG news: Google joins growing list of companies to abandon DEI goals; €6 trillion investor coalition warns against watering down EU sustainability reporting rules; IKEA accelerates program to help suppliers switch to 100% clean energy; LEGO to ramp up use of solar to power operations; Google invests over $100 million in carbon removal; EU sustainable finance advisors unveil plan to slash Taxonomy reporting burden; BNP Paribas surpasses 75% of energy financing to clean energies; DHL announces major SAF deal with Neste; Vanguard softens diversity expectations for voting policy; capital raises for advanced nuclear tech, circular economy solutions, energy storage AI, PFAS solutions, 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
Google Invests Over $100 Million in Carbon Removal in 2024
LEGO Group Plans to Increase its Use of Solar Energy by More than 70% in 2025
Google Eliminates DEI Goals
DHL to Purchase 375 Million Liters of SAF from Neste per Year by 2030
IKEA Expands Program to Support Suppliers’ Switch to 100% Renewable Energy
Pharma Supply Chain Decarbonization Consortium Signs 10-Year Clean Energy Deals for Haleon, GSK, Thermo Fisher, Gilead
LEGO Group Adds Nature-Based, Engineered Solutions to its Carbon Removal Portfolio
EY, Microsoft Social Impact Collaboration Launches AI Skills Training Program
Amazon Expands Renewable Energy, Cloud Partnership with Iberdrola to Spain, Portugal
ESG Reporting
EU Platform on Sustainable Finance Releases Proposals to Reduce EU Taxonomy Reporting Burden by a Third
€6.6 Trillion Investor Group Warns Against Rolling Back EU Sustainability Reporting Regulations
Government & Regulators
EU Invests $439 Million in Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Projects to Decarbonize Transport
Court Ruling Halts UK Approval of Major Shell, Equinor Oil and Gas Projects Over Lack of Climate Considerations
ESG Services and Tools
Clarity AI Launches Solution to Help Fund Managers Comply with New Sustainable Fund Naming Rules
Sustainable Finance
BNP Paribas Surpasses 75% of Energy Financing to Low-Carbon Energies
Île-de-France Mobilités Raises €1 Billion in First-Ever Public Sector “EuGB” Green Bond Offering
Private Equity & Venture Capital
Tyba Raises $14 Million for Solution to Maximize Value of Energy Storage Projects
Cleantech Startup MacroCycle Raises $6.5 Million to “Upcycle” Plastic Waste into New Products
TPG Acquires US Solar Developer Altus Power for $2.2 Billion
Amazon-backed X-Energy Raises $700 Million to Accelerate Small Modular Nuclear Technology
IONATE Raises $17 Million to Help Grids Meet Decarbonization and AI Needs
Resale Tech Platform Archive Raises $30 Million to Reduce Environmental Impact of Retail
Oxyle Raises $16 Million to Eliminate Forever Chemicals in Water
Sustainable Investing
Vanguard Softens Language on Diversity for U.S. Proxy Voting Policy
Exec Moves
Climatetech Incubator Greentown Labs Appoints Georgina Campbell Flatter as New CEO
Mark founded ESG Today following a 20 year career in investment management and research. Prior to founding ESG Today, Mark worked at Delaney Capital Management (DCM) in Toronto, Canada, most recently as the firm’s head of U.S. equities. While at DCM, Mark was part of the firm’s ESG team, responsible for evaluating and tracking the sustainability factors impacting portfolio companies, and assessing the suitability of companies for portfolio inclusion. Mark also spent several years in the sell-side research industry, covering the technology and services sectors. Mark holds an MBA from Columbia University in New York, a BBA from the Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto, and is a CFA charterholder.
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BNP Paribas Surpasses 75% of Energy Financing to Low-Carbon Energies
EU Platform on Sustainable Finance Releases Proposals to Reduce EU Taxonomy Reporting Burden by a Third
Île-de-France Mobilités Raises €1 Billion in First-Ever Public Sector “EuGB” Green Bond Offering
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EU Pledges “Far-Reaching Simplification” in Sustainability Reporting in New Competitiveness Roadmap
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