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Goldman Sachs Alternatives announced that it has raised over $3 billion at the first close of West Street Infrastructure Partners V (WSIP V), the fifth vintage of its flagship infrastructure fund series, targeting investments across key themes including Energy Transition, Digital Infrastructure, Transportation & Logistics, and Circular Economy. The close brings the fund three quarters […]

Food supply chain technology company Freshflow announced today that it has raised $10 million in a Series A funding round, with proceeds from the financing aimed at supporting the expansion of its AI-powered inventory management platform designed to reduce food waste in grocery retail operations. According to the company, most grocery forecasting systems were originally […]

Industrial automation startup Gigaton announced that it has raised $26 million in a Series A funding round, with proceeds from the financing to be used to support a significant buildout of its AI-powered technology for its mission “to remove gigatons of CO2 from energy-intensive industries.” Founded in 2020, and recently rebranded from Carbon Re, UK-based […]

Northern Europe-based financial services company Nordea announced that it has met or exceeded its key 2025 climate-focused finance and investment targets, and also facilitated €235 billion in sustainable financing between 2022 and 2025, significantly beating its €200 billion goal. Nordea also revealed significant progress towards its financed emissions goals, announcing that it reduced financed emissions […]

France-based international risk management group Apave announced the acquisition of employee climate training business Climate School from insurance group AXA’s climate-focused unit, AXA Climate. The acquisition follows Apave’s launch earlier this year of Apave Impact, a new sustainability-focused subsidiary, focused on providing services aimed at supporting the responsible transition of companies and organizations across France, […]

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) announced the launch of “ISO 32212, Sustainable finance — Net zero transition planning for financial institutions,” a new standard aimed at enabling banks, insurers, and investors to develop, maintain and integrate climate transition plans into their activities. According to ISO, the new standard is designed to provide a common […]

A coalition of seven* state Attorneys General, led by New York AG Letitia James announced that they have launched a lawsuit against the Trump administration in a federal court, over a deal signed by the government with French energy giant TotalEnergies to stop the development of new offshore wind projects in the U.S., in exchange […]

Global consultancy Bain & Company announced the appointment of Harry Morrison as Head of Sustainability Practice in EMEA. Morrison takes on the new role after more than 5 years at Bain, joining the company in 2021 as a Partner with a focus on ESG strategy, carbon transition and circularity. He joined the firm from Accenture, where […]

Enterprise sustainability data management platform Sweep and product carbon footprint automation company HowGood announced the launch of a new partnership, providing solutions enabling food and agriculture companies to track and report product-level food emissions. According to Sweep and HowGood, the new partnership comes as food and agriculture companies face mounting pressure to report emissions with […]

Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), the investment manager for Norway’s $2 trillion oil fund issued a response to the European Commission’s consultation on the revised European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), including allowing companies to meet the requirements of both standards in a single report. According to NBIM, the closer alignment of the standards would enable […]