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  Google inks PPA for 100 MW from Germany’s largest offshore wind farm

  The clean electricity will be provided by Energie Baden-Württemberg over a 15-year period and help decarbonize the tech giant’s operations in Germany.

  Sustainability

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  CDR company Varaha nabs $20M investment, launches biochar partnership

  The India-based carbon dioxide removal company is seeking $45 million in a new funding round and launching a partnership to help industrial facilities generate their own verified carbon credits.

  Sustainability

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  Can reshoring deliver manufacturing sustainability benefits?

  Manufacturers may be weighing tariff costs, but they’re also assessing whether domestic production investments can help achieve supply chain resilience, procurement and labor goals.

  Sustainability

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  Federal court rules Texas’ fossil fuel ‘boycotting’ law unconstitutional

  The 2021 Texas law that required state entities to divest from firms and funds deemed to “boycott fossil fuels” was found to be overbroad and unconstitutionally vague.

  Sustainability

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  EPA reconsiders Good Neighbor Plan that limited industrial emissions

  The agency seeks to roll back the Biden-era program, which sought to cut ozone-forming emissions of nitrogen oxides from power plants and industrial facilities. 

  Sustainability

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  Google bets on sustainable investments, deals to slash rising emissions

  The search engine and tech conglomerate has committed to a spate of climate-focused initiatives in a bid to cut emissions and make progress towards its sustainability goals.

  Updated Feb. 9, 2026

  Sustainability

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  CDP, Ecolab launch index to boost corporate water management

  The Water Use Efficiency Index aims to provide business leaders a clear view of their water use across operations and how to improve performance.

  Sustainability

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  Deep Dive

  Companies face fragmented climate risk disclosure landscape in 2026

  After the U.S. and European Union signaled an end to a growing regulatory consensus in 2025, businesses are bracing for a more complex environment this year.

  Sustainability

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  Nike among the first targeted by EEOC for DEI activity

  The retail giant called the commission’s attempt to enforce an administrative subpoena Wednesday a “surprising and unusual escalation.”

  Social Responsibility

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  FedEx deploys SAF at Dallas, New York City airports

  The global shipping and logistics company has now deployed sustainable aviation fuel at five major U.S. airports.

  Sustainability

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  Trump administration is now 0-5 in latest effort to halt offshore wind

  Ørsted’s 924-megawatt Sunrise Wind was the fifth and final affected project to win a preliminary injunction. Like others, it said the government refused to share information about alleged national security risks invoked in the blanket ban.

  Sustainability

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  GHG Protocol debuts carbon accounting standard for land sector

  The standard seeks to track greenhouse gas emissions and carbon dioxide removals from agricultural land use and offers a global benchmark for measuring such metrics.

  Sustainability

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  SBTi releases new draft of auto sector net-zero standard

  The updated standard gives automakers an option to set goals based on the share of zero emissions vehicles sold or emissions that come from the use of sold products.

  Sustainability

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  Climate Impact Partners appoints chief growth officer

  The carbon market solutions company snagged Ryan King, who previously served as chief commercial officer for carbon removal company Undo Carbon.

  Sustainability

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  FTC fires warning shot at law firms that pursued DEI certification

  Under President Donald Trump, the agency has said it will target “collusion or unlawful coordination on DEI metrics” that diminishes labor competition.

  Social Responsibility

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  Keeping tabs on the state of ESG in 2026

  A closer look at some of the biggest trends impacting the ESG space this year, from how companies talk about sustainability to their plans on navigating a complex disclosure landscape.

  Sustainability

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  Wells Fargo launches internal proxy voting service

  The bank’s investment management arm becomes the second major asset manager to ditch third-party proxy advisory firms for a proprietary service.

  Corporate Governance

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  Landfill solar projects still have bright future, but face practical limitations

  The United States now has hundreds of installations on closed landfills, though the remaining sites may be limited by shifting federal policy, remediation costs and geography.

  Sustainability

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  New Mexico finalizes rules for clean fuel program, boosting biogas potential

  Regulators approved the structure of New Mexico's Clean Transportation Fuel Program on Thursday. It will be the fourth state clean fuel program in the country when it goes into effect on April 1.

  Sustainability

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  Conferences ESG and sustainability professionals should attend in 2026

  After 2025 brought a year of regulatory turbulence, sustainability and ESG professionals will convene throughout this year to learn how to navigate the changing policy landscape.

  Updated Jan. 28, 2026

  Sustainability

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  With Vineyard Wind ruling, four of five offshore wind projects win relief from Trump freeze

  Project developers said despite their outreach, the government “refused to discuss the supposedly new information about national security impacts” cited as the reason for halting construction, or what they might do to mitigate them.

  Sustainability

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  Vycarb inks new deals to scale in 2026: Exclusive

  The ocean-based carbon removal startup has expanded its partnerships and funding and is eyeing a path to commercial applications.

  Sustainability

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  Deep Dive

  Most companies are staying the course on ESG — just talking about it less

  While companies have increasingly downplayed or avoided announcing their sustainability efforts, experts say they “remain on the same trajectory.”

  Sustainability

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  Opinion

  GHG Protocol proposal risks slowing clean energy expansion

  Proposed changes to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol would make it more difficult for companies to report renewables use and could discourage procurement, according Lesley Hunter and Jeffrey Gorham of the American Council on Renewable Energy.

  Sustainability

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  TotalEnergies inks 10-year renewable energy deal with papermaker SWM

  The contract is designed to use the oil major’s integrated power portfolio to help SWM reach its emissions reduction goals.

  Sustainability

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