ESG Dive

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The authors work in various roles at Pall Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Danaher Corporation specializing in high-tech filtration, separation and purification technologies.

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. President Donald Trump published his initial budget proposal for fiscal year 2027 with deep cuts to social and environmental programs. The 92-page proposal includes a roughly $1.5 trillion budget for the military amid the ongoing war with Iran, which would be a 44% year-over-year increase. To offset some of that steep rise, the budget proposes a 10% cut to non-defense spending, equal to roughly $73 billion.

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Jessye Waxman is a campaign advisor for the Sierra Club’s Sustainable Finance campaign. Waxman has extensive experience in shareholder advocacy on climate and environmental issues, including serving in staff and/or advisory roles for Green Century Capital Management, Majority Action, and Principles for Responsible Investment. Views are the author’s own.

The ESG regulatory landscape has changed beyond recognition. In 2016, organizations tracked a few hundred ESG-related regulations globally. Today that number is approaching 30,000, a 39x expansion in non-financial regulation over a decade. Global ESG regulations more than doubled year-on-year between 2024 and 2025. Most organizations are still monitoring this landscape with processes built for the old one.

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Vaulted Deep, a deep well slurry injection facility based in Houston, is seizing on disposal capacity concerns across the countryto offeran alternative to landfilling and incineration. Its backers are betting the high-tech solution can tap intocarbon removal certifications to support facilities around the country.

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. A new report from the U.S. EPA’s Office of the Inspector General found the agency conducted a rigorous and proper process to award Community Change Grants, which included several sustainability-focused projects. Supporters of the program, which was eliminated by the Trump administration, said the report was further evidence officials acted unlawfully to halt the funds.

First published on Listen to the article 5 min Prices for wind and solar power purchase agreements in North America each rose nearly 9% in 2025over the previous year, according to data from LevelTen Energy's marketplace released in January. The data covers six U.S. and one Canadian independent system operator.Some markets have seen prices increase much faster than others.

First published on Listen to the article 8 min Aluminum food and beverage cans are having a moment, with manufacturers and a strong year for the sector. Crown Holdings aims to harness those timely growth opportunities while simultaneously advancing its sustainability work, said SandrineDuquerroy-Delesalle, Crown's vice president of global sustainability and external affairs, during a session at The Packaging Conference on Feb. 10.

First published on Listen to the article 6 min Public health and environmental groups on Wednesday sued the Environmental Protection Agency for rescinding the Obama-era endangerment finding and "illegally" determining that the agency is not responsible for regulating climate pollution.