Mark Segal

2 weeks ago | esgtoday.com | Mark Segal

This week in ESG news: Energize Capital raises $430 million for new climate solutions venture fund; BlackRock escapes Texas’ anti-ESG divestment list; Oxford launches new sustainability reporting course for finance, accounting execs; survey finds investors are quietly sticking with sustainable investment approaches; Schneider Electric’s new Chief Sustainability Officer; Nippon Steel commits $6 billion to green steel transition; Meta deal extends life of major nuclear project by 20 years;...

3 weeks ago | esgtoday.com | Mark Segal

ESG Tools, Services Global management consulting firm Bain & Company and supply chain decarbonization intelligence solutions startup Terralytiq announced the launch of a new strategic partnership, aimed at enabling companies to optimize supply chains for carbon and costs, and to help deliver lower carbon products. Founded in 2023, Terralytiq provides a platform providing companies with transparency into industrial value chains, automating the collection of Scope 3 data to enable tracking of...

3 weeks ago | esgtoday.com | Mark Segal

Environment/ M&A/ Private Equity & Venture Capital Macquarie Asset Management and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) announced the completion of their acquisition of European waste-to-product company Renewi, in a deal valuing the company at approximately £707 million (USD$957 million). Headquartered in the UK, Renewi focuses on extracting value from waste and used materials, diverting waste flows from incineration or landfill, operating around 150 facilities across the...

3 weeks ago | esgtoday.com | Mark Segal

Environment/ Private Equity & Venture Capital Carbon removal technology company Aircapture announced that it has raised $50 million in a Series A funding round, with proceeds from the financing aimed at scaling its Direct Air Capture (DAC) systems to capture and re-use CO2 at industrial sites. Founded in 2019, California-based Aircapture provides modular on-site DAC machines that capture CO2 from the atmosphere, and makes it available for customers’ production processes. The modular units fit...

3 weeks ago | esgtoday.com | Mark Segal

Companies/ Executive Moves Energy and electrification advisory, services, and software solutions provider Schneider Electric announced the appointment of Esther Finidori as its new Chief Sustainability Officer. In her new role, Finidori will lead the development and deployment of Schneider Electric’s new sustainability strategy, and will join the company’s Executive Committee. Finidori joined Schneider Electric in 2016, and has most recently been serving as France Operations Strategy VP,...