Abu Dhabi — The bright lights of Abu Dhabi’s ENACT Majlis reflected off the mirrored façades of a city built on oil wealth — but this week, the conversation turned to algorithms. ADNOC, Masdar, XRG, and Microsoft have launched a new collaboration to fuse artificial intelligence with the infrastructure that
A Continent at the Crossroads The numbers are stark: by 2030, Africa is projected to achieve less than 6% of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Against that backdrop, a new conversation is gaining force—whether artificial intelligence and Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies can serve as accelerators for Agenda 2063. AI
30 September 2025 — New York: Ten years after world leaders adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the vision of advancing prosperity in balance with the planet is under strain. The milestone of global unity in 2015 contrasts sharply with today’s fragmented geopolitics. Yet, amid fractured multilateralism, a green growth
By Green Impact Exchange (GIX) Team As companies increasingly seek credible ways to demonstrate climate impact, that often means more than starting a recycling program, it often means getting involved in carbon offsets. Traditional carbon markets have taken a bit of a hit in recent years, with criticisms about opacity,
Closing the Climate Data Gap CTrees, a nonprofit founded in 2022, is building the first global system to monitor, report, and verify carbon stocks and land-use activities for every ecosystem on land. In 2024, it secured the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Imagine Grant to enhance its flagship Jurisdictional MRV (JMRV)
State Street, one of the world’s largest custodians, has taken a significant step into digital finance by joining JPMorgan’s blockchain platform to support tokenized debt issuance. The move marks a first for an independent custodian and underscores how traditional financial institutions are adopting blockchain to modernize capital markets. On August
Key Impact Points: Circular IT to Cut E-Waste BNP Paribas 3 Step IT has introduced an IT-as-a-Service (ITaaS) model embedding circular economy principles into every stage of the IT lifecycle. Businesses lease laptops, desktops, and mobile devices with full asset management — avoiding upfront costs while ensuring secure ISO-compliant data
Key Impact Points: Schneider Electric Unveils Zeigo Hub to Transform Global Supply Chain Sustainability Schneider Electric has launched Zeigo™ Hub, a next-generation digital platform to help organizations decarbonize their supply chains and meet Scope 3 emissions targets with confidence. Backed by Schneider Electric’s global sustainability leadership, Zeigo Hub is designed
Key Impact Points: Frontier Backs Early Carbon Removal Innovators Frontier has announced $1.75 million in prepurchase agreements to advance three early-stage carbon removal companies: Karbonetiq (U.S.), Limenet (Italy), and pHathom (Canada). The deals were made on behalf of Stripe, Shopify, and Google. The funding targets two high-potential, underdeveloped pathways: ocean
Key Impact Points: Microsoft Backs Carbon Capture at Danish Waste-to-Energy Facility Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), through its Energy Transition Fund (CI ETF I), and Danish utility Vestforbrænding have signed a long-term carbon removal agreement with Microsoft via their joint venture, Gaia ProjectCo P/S. The deal secures Microsoft’s offtake of up
