Microsoft Backs Pantheon to Expand Peatland Restoration, High Integrity Carbon Removal
• Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund invests in Pantheon Regeneration to scale U.S. peatland restoration and carbon removal.• Pantheon’s Pocosin Ecological Reserve I stands among the first commercial peatland restoration projects in the U.S., designed to generate high-volume, high-integrity carbon credits with biodiversity and water impacts.• The partnership advances nature-based removals aligned with global net-zero pathways, […]
EU Advances Simplified Sustainability Reporting as EFRAG Submits Revised ESRS to Commission
• Mandatory datapoints shrink by 57–68% as Europe aims to relieve compliance pressure without weakening Green Deal ambition• Materiality assessments overhauled, voluntary disclosures removed entirely, and value-chain estimates permitted to limit costly data-gathering requirements• Next step: European Commission to draft Delegated Act, with consultation open until September 2025 and full adoption targeted end-2025 Europe moves […]
Iberdrola Commits $15B to UK Electricity Grids to Accelerate Electrification, Energy Security
• Iberdrola’s UK subsidiary ScottishPower approved to invest €14B in new transmission infrastructure through 2031.• Largest grid investment in Iberdrola’s history; supports Clean Power 2030 Plan and triples spending from the previous regulatory cycle.• Programme expected to add €2.3B to the UK economy annually and create 12,000 jobs. The UK energy regulator Ofgem has approved […]
ADQ, Hanwha Finance Back ADFW 2025 as Abu Dhabi Expands Global Finance Reach
• Abu Dhabi Finance Week secures ADQ as Headline Partner and Hanwha Finance as Premier Partner, reinforcing state-driven ambitions to shape cross-border capital flows.• The 2025 edition expands to more than 60 events and 300 sessions focused on AI finance, regulatory evolution, institutional partnerships and sustainable capital markets.• Senior leaders from ADGM and Hanwha frame […]
Abu Dhabi Expands Endowment Governance With New ADIB Partnership
• Creates a unified, Sharia-compliant banking framework for endowments across Abu Dhabi• Enables digital public contributions to certified endowment portfolios through ADIB channels• Strengthens oversight, transparency and financial governance across a growing endowment ecosystem Abu Dhabi launches integrated framework for endowment governance The Endowments and Minors’ Funds Authority has entered a strategic partnership with Abu […]
