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Nine new projects set for implementation after approval at record-breaking GCF Board meeting

Stuart Mitchell

Nine new projects backed by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) are ready for implementation. Project agreements were signed for each project on the margins of GCF’s 42nd Board meeting (B.42), where the projects were approved. In addition, three projects received their first disbursement shortly after the agreement signings. B.42, which took place in Papua New Guinea from 30 June to 3 July 2025, saw a record volume of GCF investment approved in a Board meeting – USD 1.225 billion for 17 projects. GCF now has a portfolio of 314 projects…

RES takes charge of major European battery project

Stuart Mitchell

RES, the world’s largest independent renewable energy company, has signed an agreement to manage what will become one of Europe’s largest battery energy storage systems (BESS), at a former coal mining site in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The 500MW/1GWh Coalburn battery storage facility is being developed by energy investment company Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), helping balance the grid when demand is high or renewable output is low. RES will be responsible for the site’s asset management, ensuring the site runs efficiently and delivers long-term value for its owners. Coalburn is being…

Four Million Hectares of Forest Benefit Under WWF’s Forests Forward Program

Stuart Mitchell

WWF’s new Forests Forward Impact Report reveals that 26 leading companies, including US-based businesses, from nine sectors are improving forest management or going beyond responsible sourcing to support forest conservation projects around the world. Through Forests Forward, WWF’s flagship program for corporate leadership on forests, WWF projects financed by private sector partners are helping conserve a total forest area of 1.3 million hectares in some of the most vital and vulnerable landscapes through actions such as forest restoration. An additional 2.7 million hectares of tropical forest are benefiting from improved…

EcoVadis Study: 87% of U.S. Companies Quietly Boost Sustainability Spending Despite Regulatory Debate and Uncertainty

Stuart Mitchell

Eighty-seven percent of U.S. companies say they’ve maintained or increased their investment in business sustainability efforts this year, according to the 2025 U.S. Business Sustainability Landscape Outlook: Executive Perspectives on Supply Chain Disruption, Resilience and Competitiveness, released recently by EcoVadis. The findings reveal a shifting approach: companies are still prioritizing business sustainability behind the scenes, but fewer are promoting it publicly. Executives see sustainability as a way to stay competitive and resilient, especially at a time where the scaling back of ESG regulatory oversight raises concerns about greater supply chain…

Great British Energy to cut energy bills for community facilities

Stuart Mitchell

Libraries, fire stations and care homes in local communities will benefit from cheaper energy bills as Great British Energy delivers on the government’s clean energy superpower mission to make working people and their communities better off.  Great British Energy, the government’s publicly-owned clean energy company, has awarded mayoral authorities a share of £10 million in grant funding to roll out clean energy projects at the centre of communities – including rooftop solar on Merseyside care homes and on leisure centres and libraries in Yorkshire.   These grants will mean that the…