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Oil prices jump nearly 5% on supply fears from Strait of Hormuz attacks

ESG News

Oil Prices Jumps 5% on Hormuz Supply Fears

byAriq Haidar

March 12, 2026

Today’s ESG Updates: Oil Prices Jumps 5% on Hormuz Supply Fears: Oil prices jump 5% as fresh attacks on ships ...

ESG News regarding LSEG launch of new scoring framework to improve transparency across global markets, China indecisive between renewable energy and emissions, France committing to oil tanker defense in the Strait of Hormuz, and EU preparing a fund for renewable energy expansion

Business

LSEG Launches a New Sustainable Development Solutions

byFedor Sukhoi

March 10, 2026

Today’s ESG Updates LSEG Releases Frameworks for Improved Comparability: A new suite of sustainability ratings and data solutions designed to ...

A smart agricultural field showing key ESG reporting metrics

Business

ESG Reporting in 2026: A New Compliance Era

byHannah Fischer-Lauder

March 9, 2026

The UK has published new Sustainability Reporting Standards that shape how companies report sustainability and climate information. The government publication ...

Energy

Where Will the World’s Electricity Come From in 2030?

byFedor Sukhoi

March 2, 2026

The latest International Energy Agency (IEA) annual report on electricity forecasted that by 2030, 50% of global electricity will come ...

The uncertainty created by anti-ESG statutes has complicated compliance and contract bidding strategies, particularly for firms operating across multiple states with divergent policy approaches.

Climate Change

Texas Anti-ESG Law Declared Unconstitutional

byFedor Sukhoi

February 13, 2026

This Week's Regulatory Updates U.S. Judge Strikes Down Texas Anti-ESG Law: A federal judge has declared Texas’ anti-ESG investment law ...

ESG News regarding Nuclear Waste Storage; Canada Replaces EV Mandate; EU and Turkey Resume Trade Modernization Talks; Startup Raises $29M for Desk-Sized Fusion Reactor

Business

Volunteers Needed for Nuclear Waste Storage

byEge Can Alparslan

February 6, 2026

Today’s ESG Updates: US Offers Incentives for Nuclear Waste Storage: The Department of Energy is proposing a "package deal" of ...

ESG news regarding a new EU initiative that lets companies operate seamlessly across all EU member states, U.S. and India reaching major trade deal after tariff reductions, Spain fining Repsol €20.5 million for unfair fuel pricing practices, and Ørsted’s $7 billion Sunrise Wind project being cleared to resume construction.

Business

EU-INC Introduces a Unified Legal System to Simplify Business Across Europe

byAnastasiia Barmotina

February 3, 2026

Today’s ESG Updates EU-INC Lets Companies Operate Seamlessly Across All EU Member States: The European Commission unveiled EU-INC at Davos, ...

Russia Raises Alarm Over NATO Military Presence in Greenland, US and Taiwan Seal Semiconductor Trade Deal With Major Investment Commitments, Growing Concerns Over Medical Care in US Immigration Detention, Machado Seeks Influence After High-Stakes Meeting With Trump

Climate Change

Trump’s Greenland Ambitions Strain NATO Unity

byPuja Doshi

January 16, 2026

Today’s ESG Updates Russia Accuses NATO of Militarising the Arctic: Russia has warned that NATO’s planned deployment to Greenland risks ...

ESG News regarding Economic Collapse Fuelling Iran Protests Amid Rising Death Toll, U.S. Pressure on Iran Tests Beijing as Tariffs Could Push China Duties Above 70%, EU Offers China Price Pledge Option to Avoid EV Tariffs, Atmosphere Emerges as Major Pathway for Plastic Pollution

Business

Iran Acknowledges 2,000 Deaths as Protests Enter Third Week

byPuja Doshi

January 13, 2026

Today’s ESG Updates Economic Crisis Drives Largest Protests in Years: Demonstrations that began over the collapse of the currency in ...

Orsted challenges U.S. suspension of offshore wind projects; global mandatory ESG reporting accelerates; ESG ratings for Saudi firm Maharah; EU legal certainty on sustainability reporting.

Business

Orsted’s US Wind Project Challenge Highlights Regulatory Risk in Clean Energy Investment

byMuhammad Umer Aslam

January 5, 2026

Today’s ESG Updates Orsted Challenges U.S. Suspension of Wind Project: Denmark-based renewable developer files court action to overturn the U.S. ...

Business

First Year of CSRD Reporting Exposes Data Gaps

byMuhammad Umer Aslam

December 22, 2025

Today’s ESG Updates CSRD Reporting Proves Difficult: Deloitte finds that many European companies failed to quantify ESG-related capital and operating ...