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ESG Today: Week in Review
Mark Segal
June 21, 2026
This week in ESG news: ISO releases proposed net zero standard; EQT signs record sustainability-linked loan tied to portfolio company goals; Anthropic, Google back $900 million carbon removal fund; BoE integrates net zero transition risk into collateral framework; EBA integrates climate risk into bank stress testing; Bloomberg launches portfolio climate scoring and tracking solution; Mars hits U.S. clean energy milestone; Canada cracks down on forced labor in supply chains; EU states agree to expand CBAM carbon import tax to downstream products; Equinor drops renewable energy goal, 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
Equinor Drops Renewable Energy Goal: “Seen for Several Years We Won’t Reach that Target”
Nestlé to Produce 1.5 Billion KitKat Bars with Regeneratively Farmed Wheat
EU Steel Giants Warn Rising ETS Carbon Costs Risk “Destroying” Industrial Base
British Airways Signs SAF Purchase Deal Avoiding Nearly 200,000 Tonnes of Carbon Emissions
Frontier Raises Over $900 Million for Carbon Removal Investments from Google, Anthropic and Others
Mars Reaches 100% Renewable Electricity in U.S. Operations
DHL Targets 5x Increase in Energy Transition-Related Revenues to €3 Billion by 2030
ISO Releases Draft Net Zero Standard
Microsoft-Backed SAF Producer Twelve Launches First U.S. Plant to Make Jet Fuel from CO2
Government & Regulators
Trump Administration Signs $765 Million Deal with Invenergy to Swap Offshore Wind Projects for Natural Gas, Geothermal
BoE Integrates Net Zero Transition Risk into Collateral Framework
Canada Launches Legislation to Ban Products Made with Forced Labor Following U.S. Tariff Threat
EBA Integrates Climate Risk into EU Banking Stress Test
EU Member States Agree to Expand CBAM Carbon Import Tax to Downstream Products
ESG Services and Tools
Sweep Launches UK SRS Sustainability Reporting Solution
Bloomberg Launches Portfolio Climate Alignment Scoring, Scenario Analysis, Emissions Tracking Tools
Upright Launches New AI Model to Quantify Companies’ Sustainability Impacts, Risks and Opportunities
Workiva Launches Agentic AI Sustainability Reporting Solution
Sustainable Finance
Iberdrola Issues €1.5 Billion Green Bond to Finance Grid, Renewables Investments
EQT Signs Record $4.4 Billion Sustainability-Linked Loan Tying Rates to Portfolio Companies’ Performance Against Material Targets
Sustainable Investing
NYC Comptroller Launches Search for Asset Managers After Predecessor Recommended Dropping BlackRock Over Climate Concerns
S&P Global Launches Solution to Screen Portfolios for UN Global Compact Alignment
Private Equity & Venture Capital
100×100 Launches $100 Million Fund to Build 50 New Climate Tech Companies
Clean Fuel Startup Kvasir Raises €10 Million to Decarbonize Marine Transport
Vertoro Raises $20 Million to Scale Plant-Based Clean Fuel Technology
SolarSquare Raises $53 Million to Scale Residential Solar Platform in India
New Forests Launches A$1 Billion Global Natural Capital Fund
Exec Moves
P&G’s First Chief Sustainability Officer Virginie Helias Retires
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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Sustainable Finance
BoE Integrates Net Zero Transition Risk into Collateral Framework
EQT Signs Record $4.4 Billion Sustainability-Linked Loan Tying Rates to Portfolio Companies’ Performance Against Material Targets
Iberdrola Issues €1.5 Billion Green Bond to Finance Grid, Renewables Investments
EBA Integrates Climate Risk into EU Banking Stress Test
Government
Trump Administration Signs $765 Million Deal with Invenergy to Swap Offshore Wind Projects for Natural Gas, Geothermal
EU Steel Giants Warn Rising ETS Carbon Costs Risk “Destroying” Industrial Base
Canada Launches Legislation to Ban Products Made with Forced Labor Following U.S. Tariff Threat
NYC Comptroller Launches Search for Asset Managers After Predecessor Recommended Dropping BlackRock Over Climate Concerns
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