Sarah Perras - Business Editor, Author at Impakter

ESG news regarding European Union breaking records with solar power usage, India exceeding renewable energy goals, Australia and China partnership for green steel, and Indigenous Amazonian tribe warns against climate change

Today’s ESG Updates Solar Tops Fossil Fuels in EU Power Mix: Solar reached 22.1% of EU electricity in June, outpacing...

ESG news regarding EU renewable energy shares rising in response to US policy bill, new EC 2040 climate plan, climeworks securing 162 million for carbon capture projects, and NOAA cutting jobs and research with Trump's new bill

Renewable Energy Stocks in Europe Surge in Response to U.S. Policy Bill

bySarah Perras - Business Editor

July 2, 2025

Today’s ESG Updates Renewable energy shares see jump in European market: A Senate revision extending clean energy subsidies through 2030...

ESG news regarding investors holding companies accountable for ESG targets, severe climate disasters in Pakistan, new solar plant in Zambia, and EU countries missing deadlines for climate plans

Investors Looking to Legal Measures to Combat Weakening ESG Regulations

bySarah Perras - Business Editor

July 2, 2025

Today’s ESG Updates Investors take charge amid ESG rollback: As ESG rules weaken in the U.S. and Europe, asset owners...

ESG news regarding Spain and France taxing private jets, the new US policy bill’s effects on renewables, Australia investing in household batteries, Apple facing antitrust lawsuit

Spain and France to Introduce Private Jet Tax

bySarah Perras - Business Editor

July 1, 2025

Today’s ESG Updates Countries target private jet emissions with new tax plan: A new tax on private jets and premium...

Step Up or Pay Up: Growing Number of Companies Face ESG-Related Fines

bySarah Perras - Business Editor

June 25, 2025

Today’s ESG Updates Companies fall short on ESG goals: Over 250 sustainability-linked bonds risk higher interest rates this year as...

ESG news regarding New York planning to build a nuclear power plant, the UK’s new industrial plan, Ford proceeding with battery plant construction, and a defense pact between the EU and Canada

New York Plans Nuclear Power Plant

bySarah Perras - Business Editor

June 24, 2025

Today’s ESG Updates New York greenlights first major U.S. nuclear plant in over a decade: The state plans to build...

Shein sees a giant increase in carbon emissions in 2024

Shein’s Carbon Emissions Skyrocket in 2024: What’s Behind the Surge?

bySarah Perras - Business Editor

June 18, 2025

Despite climate-friendly claims, fast fashion giant Shein is once again in the spotlight for a drastic increase in carbon emissions...

ESG news regarding Musk’s xai air pollution lawsuit, australia’s new sustainable finance taxonomy, brazil’s research into offshore drilling, and investment coalition with $9.5 trillion in assets calling for an end to deforestation

Musk’s xAI Could Face Lawsuit Over Air Pollution

bySarah Perras - Business Editor

June 18, 2025

Today’s ESG Updates NAACP threatens legal action against xAI: The civil rights group claims xAI’s data center is worsening air...

ESG news regarding global hotspots facing starvation, EIB’s Bay of Biscay interconnectivity project with Spain, Morocco expanding water infrastructure, US-China relations hindering battery manufacturing

Thirteen Countries Face Starvation, UN Warns

bySarah Perras - Business Editor

June 17, 2025

Today’s ESG Updates Starvation risk escalates in 13 global hotspots: A UN report warns of urgent humanitarian crises, urging immediate...

ESG news regarding rise in oil prices and fall of stock market after Israel strikes Iran, 241 billion euros to be spent on nuclear projects in the EU, first fishery solar project in Taiwan, fashion industry greenwashing

Gold and Oil Up, Stocks Down After Israel Strikes Iran

bySarah Perras - Business Editor

June 13, 2025

Today’s ESG Updates Geopolitical tensions stir up markets: Israel’s strike on Iran’s nuclear sites triggered a global market drop and...

ESG news regarding second-hottest May on record, Vietnam’s new emissions trading scheme, EBRD's 300 million euro for green investments, EU countries asking for softening of methane gas law

May 2025: Second-Hottest May on Record Worldwide

bySarah Perras - Business Editor

June 11, 2025

Today's ESG Updates EU scientists warn of rising heat: May 2025 was the second-warmest on record, with temperatures 1.4°C above...

ESG news regarding oil drilling in Alaska, saltwater dissolving plastic, colombia wind energy setbacks, and britain faces carbon border tax

Trump Administration Ready to ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ in Alaska

bySarah Perras - Business Editor

June 4, 2025

Today’s ESG Updates Trump Targets Alaskan Wilderness: U.S. plans to repeal protections in Alaska, opening ecologically sensitive land to drilling...