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The European Commission has unveiled its Electrification Action Plan, which includes a goal to electrify 46% of the bloc’s energy demand by 2040. This would be a doubling of current electrification levels, which have stagnated at 23% over the last decade. Reaching this goal would cut the EU's fossil fuel import bill by €260 billion per year by 2040. This post is for subscribers only

ADM, General Mills and Walmart are collaborating to promote regenerative agriculture across 40,000 acres of wheat fields in the US. The programme will provide wheat farmers, particularly in the Midwest, with technical assistance and financial incentives to adopt regenerative agriculture practices, such as no tilling and cover crops. This post is for subscribers only

WWF, the Green Finance Institute (GFI) and the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH) have published a new methodology for developing Nature-Positive Transition Pathways (NPPs). Developed over the past 10 months with the UK Government and more than 60 businesses and financial institutions, the framework is designed to help translate national environmental targets into practical sector-level transition plans. This post is for subscribers only

A former water sustainability programme manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS) has reportedly filed a lawsuit against the tech giant, alleging that its data centre water sustainability claims are misleading. In a complaint filed with the Circuit Court of Arlington County last week, Nathan Barasa Wangusi, who led Amazon‚Äôs data centre water sustainability efforts from 2022 to 2024, alleges that the data disclosed by the company gives stakeholders a ‚Äúfalse‚ÄĚ impression of sustainability.

For Trivium Packaging’s Alice Bazzano, sustainability success depends on navigating an increasingly complex regulatory landscape without losing sight of innovation. As Vice President of R&D and Sustainability, Bazzano occupies a role that naturally bridges two disciplines that many companies still treat separately.

CSO Futures has joined Industry Insights Group (IIG), an international B2B media company that owns and operates specialist publications and events across a range of industries. This is a fantastic opportunity for CSO Futures and will allow us to invest further in our journalism, grow our community and develop new content and events for senior sustainability leaders around the world.

Mobile operators have cut operational emissions by 13% since 2019, despite an exponential increase in connections and data traffic. But limited access to renewable power in some markets could slow down progress. In its latest State of the Industry on Climate Action report, mobile industry association GSMA reveals that while mobile connections have risen by 10% and data traffic has more than quadrupled since 2019, the sector has managed to reduce operational emissions by 13% – 5% in 2024 alone.

Solar power provided a quarter of the EU’s electricity needs this June for the first time in history. Solar generated a record 52 TWh of EU electricity last month, more than the previous record of 47 TWh generated in May, which already represented 23% of the bloc’s electricity. This post is for subscribers only Join now

Carbon credit prices continued to strengthen in the second quarter of 2026 despite a decline in retirement volumes, underscoring a growing willingness among corporate buyers to pay more for higher-quality credits. According to Sylvera's latest Carbon Data Snapshot, the voluntary carbon market retired 38.55 million carbon credits during Q2, down 10% from the 42.9 million retired in the same period last year.

The EU needs to update its standards and procurement rules in order to allow existing low-carbon cement solutions to scale, according to a new report. Solutions such as cement blending, clinker substitution, circular materials and resource efficiency could cut emissions by up to 40% today – but they remain locked out of the market by outdated EU standards, argues the European Environmental Bureau (EEB). This post is for subscribers only