Apple Sustainability Chief Lisa Jackson to Retire After 13 Years
Apple sustainability chief Lisa Jackson will retire in late January 2026, closing a 13-year tenure that reshaped the company’s environmental strategy and influenced supply chain practices across the global technology sector. Jackson, one of the most prominent environmental leaders in corporate America and a former administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, helped Apple cut […]
BlackRock’s GIP Invests Up to $335 Million in Aditya Birla Renewables
BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) has agreed to invest up to $335 million in Aditya Birla Renewables, marking one of the largest foreign commitments to an Indian clean energy platform as the country races toward its 2030 climate and power sector goals. The transaction, which begins with a $225 million minority stake purchase and includes […]
SDG News Spotlight: Nikos Avlonas and the Architecture of Sustainability Leadership
In a world where sustainability has slipped from aspiration to necessity, few figures have spent as long — or worked as quietly and persistently — to build the professional foundations that now guide global ESG practice. Across classrooms, boardrooms, ministries, and multilateral venues, Nikos Avlonas has been part of an unfolding shift: the maturation of […]
Green Skills Gap Widens as Global Hiring Outpaces Workforce Supply: LinkedIn Survey
The global transition to a net-zero economy is facing a critical human capital bottleneck, with demand for green talent significantly outstripping the available workforce supply. According to the LinkedIn Green Skills Report 2025, released this month, the share of green hiring grew twice as fast as the share of the workforce acquiring green skills between […]
EU Reaches Deal to Scale Back Corporate Sustainability Reporting Rules
The European Union reached a sweeping agreement this week that would sharply reduce corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence obligations, marking one of the most significant regulatory reversals since the bloc first positioned itself as a global pioneer in environmental governance. The provisional deal on the so-called omnibus proposal — central to the EU sustainability […]
President Trump Calls Europe “Decaying and Weak” in Stark Interview That Shakes Transatlantic Confidence
In one of the most forceful interviews of his presidency, Donald Trump delivered a blistering critique of European leadership, telling Politico that the continent is “decaying,” mismanaged, and weakened by what he views as years of uncontrolled migration. His language was blunt, unsparing, and aimed squarely at the political foundation of the European project. President […]
The UN’s Safety Net Is Fraying — and Millions Could Slip Through
UNITED NATIONS — It was a sentence that landed like a warning shot across the skyline of global humanitarian efforts: the United Nations will scale back its emergency aid ask next year, even as need rises on nearly every continent. For the first time in years, the world’s largest safety net for the vulnerable is […]
Federal Judge Reopens America’s Wind Future
It is not every day that a court ruling shifts the trajectory of an entire industry. But this week, a federal judge did exactly that — reopening the legal pathway for wind power development in the United States after nearly a year of paralysis. The ruling overturned a sweeping executive order issued on Donald Trump’s […]
Hotels confront new Climate Governance Rules in the Wake of COP30
Sustainability moves from voluntary benefit to expected baseline Global hotel and hospitality operators are entering a new era of climate accountability. Following the outcomes and increased expectations after COP30, hotels are now expected to comply with stronger climate governance, emissions reporting, and adaptation requirements. The shift reflects a growing recognition that climate risk is not […]
A New Model for Climate Partnership Emerges at the Nature Summit Series
Panama City, December 2025 — While negotiators from 190 governments gathered for UNCCD meetings, something fundamentally different unfolded nearby — not a side event, but a blueprint for how global climate partnerships might work in the future. The third edition of the Nature Summit Series, co-hosted by the Government of Panama and Global Resilience Partners […]
