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Guest post – Melting hope: Can we answer the glaciers’ SOS? By: Hakan Bulgurlu – Chief Executive Officer, Beko Corporate #sustainability #climatechange #water #worldwaterday #glaciers

This week in ESG news: Science Based Targets initiative publishes first draft of new corporate net zero standard; Canada’s new PM cancels consumer carbon tax; Amazon launches service to sell carbon credits to companies; UBS pushes back net zero goals after acquiring Credit Suisse; BlackRock enhances sustainability characteristics for funds ahead of new regulations; global accounting body adds sustainability reporting skills into training standards; new resource launched for companies reporting on sustainability under both CDP and CSRD; EU launches strategy to decarbonize steel and metals industry; Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners raises more than $13 billion for energy transition fund; Nordea wins €800 million decarbonization-focused investment mandate; capital raises for batter tech, clean fuels, AI-powered solar solutions, and more. #ESG #sustainability #sustainabilityreporting #sustainablefinance #sustainableinvesting

Cleantech startup C1 Green Chemicals AG raises $22 million to replace fossil fuels in shipping, aviation and chemicals Christian Vollmann Markus Hannebauer #decarbonization #cleantech #climatetech #methanol #chemicals

Nasdaq-backed carbon credit platform Puro.earth passes million tonne carbon removal milestone Jan-Willem Bode Antti Vihavainen #carboncredits #carbonmarkets #carbonremoval #netzero #climatesolutions

Apave acquires carbon accounting platform Aktio Laurent Barbezieux Alex Huyn Thibault Faninger Philippe Maillard #carbonaccounting #consulting #decarbonization #netzero #sustainability

Nordea Asset Management awarded €800 million decarbonization-focused equity mandate by Ircantec Christophe Girondel Nordea #sustainableinvesting #ESGinvesting #decarbonization #assetmanagement #investors

CDP, EFRAG release mapping connecting CDP disclosures with CSRD climate reporting standards Sherry Madera Patrick de Cambourg #sustainabilityreporting #ESGreporting #climatereporting #csrd #ESRS

EU launches series of actions and investments to decarbonize steel, metal sectors European Commission #decarbonization #steel #metals #energytransition #sustainability

Amazon launches carbon credit investment service Kara H. Hurst #netzero #carboncredits #carbonmarkets #carbonremoval #climateaction

PULSETRAIN raises €6.1 million for solution to extend EV battery life up to 80% Niclas Lehnert Vsquared Ventures Planet A Ventures Dr. Manuel Kuder #cleantech #EVbatteries #EVs #automotive #energytransition