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
Key Impact Points: Eni and Azimut Launch €100 Million Clean Energy Tech Venture Fund Italian energy giant Eni, through its venture capital arm Eni Next, is teaming up with asset manager Azimut to launch a €100 million clean tech-focused venture capital fund. The initiative aims to scale up startups and
Key Impact Points Google has released its 10th annual Environmental Report, detailing how the company is navigating the energy-intensive rise of AI while scaling real-world environmental solutions. The 2025 report is centered on three core themes: energy, AI, and resilience—each tied to Google’s “climate moonshots” of achieving 24/7 carbon-free energy
Key Impact Points: Enfinity Expands Solar Footprint in Italy U.S.-based Enfinity Global has signed Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) to deliver renewable energy from 420 megawatts of solar PV projects in Italy to an undisclosed U.S. technology company. Supporting Energy Transition “We are pleased to continue supporting our customers across diverse
Key Impact Points: Meta Backs Nuclear to Power Clean AI Future Constellation and Meta have signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for 1,121 megawatts of emissions-free nuclear power from the Clinton Clean Energy Center in Illinois. Starting in June 2027, this agreement replaces public subsidies from Illinois’ Zero Emission
Key Impact Points: Microsoft Deepens Investment in Soil-Based Carbon Removal Microsoft has committed to purchasing 60,000 soil carbon credits from Indigo Ag’s latest carbon crop—the company’s largest to date—issued by the Climate Action Reserve in April. This builds on Microsoft’s prior purchase of 40,000 credits in June 2023, underscoring the
Key Impact Points Carbon Direct, in collaboration with Microsoft, today released a first-of-its-kind guide outlining science-based criteria for high-quality environmental attribute certificates (EACs) in the concrete and steel sectors. The criteria address scope 3 emissions from embodied carbon and seek to shape a credible market for low-carbon building materials. Embodied
