Sarah George

Big-name banks have been accused of providing $2bn of direct financing for oil and gas extraction projects within the Amazon rainforest since January 2024, with JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America and Citi named as the worst offenders.

The EU has opted not to delay its flagship regulation banning deforestation-linked imports any further, but it will delay the implementation of fines under the directive.

Almost 23% more energy storage capacity is set to be installed globally in 2025 than in 2024, according to new analysis from BloombergNEF. While China and the US remain the world’s largest energy storage markets for now, other nations are forging ahead as they plan for more decarbonised energy systems.

Seven in ten restaurants and half of packaged food companies globally have no publicly stated targets to improve the sustainability of their plastic packaging portfolio, a new analysis has found. Experts are warning that this leaves businesses exposed to future regulatory and legal risks that could cause share prices to…

More than 160 nations have supported a new international motion imploring environmental law experts to assess how the expansion of global fossil fuel production will harm nature in the decades to come.

The Climate Group has unveiled the next phase of its global initiative convening large businesses to enhance their energy efficiency. The initiative, now called the Smart Energy Coalition, has more than 100 members including AstraZeneca and Deloitte.

With COP30 set to begin in Brazil next month, this regular members-only series from edie will provide a temperature check on global climate action. This edition includes news about Prince William’s plans to attend, and updates on key corporate sustainability reporting frameworks.

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has opened a rapid 30-day consultation on what it has described as “urgent revisions” to its guidance on how businesses should set climate targets covering emissions from forestry, agriculture and land-use.

The lifestyle-related emissions of citizens in the world’s wealthiest countries must fall by 94% by 2035 if the worst physical impacts of the climate crisis are to be avoided, researchers have warned. They are advocating for new carbon and wealth taxes to drive progress.

EXCLUSIVE: The President and CEO of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), which convenes the senior representatives of more than 250 firms, tells edie that companies are forging ahead with climate and nature action even in the face of new geopolitical and economic headwinds.

Most Britons want their pension savings invested in renewable energy, including around half of Reform UK voters, new polling data from YouGov has revealed.

Despite the Trump administration’s defunding of renewables and climate science, almost three-quarters of businesses in North America say they will either maintain or increase their environmental ambitions in the year ahead.

A Shell Energy advert which highlighted the company’s provision of renewable energy services to businesses, while omitting any mention of its fossil fuel activities, was not greenwashing, the UK’s advertising regulator has ruled.

With COP30 set to begin in Brazil in less than two months, this regular members-only series from edie will provide a temperature check on global climate action. This edition includes all the latest from the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.

Businesses including PepsiCo, Danone and Unilever have shared their learnings on working with suppliers to measure and reduce supply chain emissions – a crucial component of any credible corporate climate strategy.

Mary Robinson, Ban Ki-Moon and Felipe Calderon are among the dozens of world leaders imploring governments to implement permanent ‘polluter pays’ taxes on the fossil fuel industry.

Several big-name businesses in technology and the built environment have committed to jointly purchasing more sustainable concrete, thereby providing investors with the certainty they need to support low-carbon cement manufacturing projects.

The number of large listed US-based companies with net-zero emissions targets has increased by 9% year-over-year, showing a divergence between the private sector and federal government on climate action.

The European Commission Member responsible for environmental legislation has requested a 12-month delay to the EU’s flagship ban on imported goods linked to deforestation overseas.

As part of our Mission Possible campaign, edie delivers this member-exclusive weekly round-up of five of the best sustainable business success stories of the week. In this week's edition, Macquarie's clean energy transition investment milestone, and much more.