OneStop ESG

Global Infrastructure Partners, part of BlackRock, has agreed to acquire a majority and controlling stake in Summit Ridge Energy, a commercial solar and storage developer operating more than 275 facilities across the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and New England that have delivered power to over 60,000 businesses, homes and municipalities since the company's founding in 2017. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Google and Cypress Creek Energy have broken ground on the Steel River Energy Center in Mississippi County, Arkansas, which will become the largest solar and storage facility in Google's global portfolio and, once complete, one of the largest in the United States. The full three-phase project will deliver 2.5 gigawatts-DC of solar generation and 2.9 gigawatt-hours of battery storage to the regional grid by 2029, enough electricity to power more than 315,000 Arkansas homes annually.

Wallbox and Turning Point Energy have surpassed 10,000 EV chargers sold and installed across Saudi Arabia since their partnership began in 2022, spanning residential, commercial and public charging environments nationwide. Turning Point serves as the official distributor, certified installer and maintenance partner for Wallbox's AC and DC charging solutions in the Kingdom, supporting deployments connected to Turning Point's agreements with EV brands including BYD and Lucid.

Hotels have spent years asking guests to reuse towels and turn off lights, but voluntary appeals like these often fail to produce lasting change. New research from Hanyang University suggests a more effective lever exists: tying what travellers pay directly to the environmental impact of their stay, and doing it through charges rather than rewards.

More than 100,000 small businesses across northern Illinois have completed free energy efficiency assessments through ComEd's program, generating $262.8 million in annual energy savings and supported by $607 million in incentives to offset upgrade costs.

Pregis has reduced its operational emissions intensity by 88 percent compared to its 2019 baseline, hitting its 2K30 sustainability goal for the sixth consecutive year, according to the company's 2025 Sustainability Report.

Viridi Energy has started construction on a renewable natural gas facility at the City of Lincoln's Bluff Road Landfill, designed to capture methane from decomposing waste and convert it into pipeline-quality fuel capable of meeting the annual heating needs of approximately 12,000 homes.

Airhive has acquired fellow direct air capture developer Carbyon, combining the UK and Dutch companies into an Anglo-Dutch leader in solid-sorbent DAC technology as European policy support for carbon removal accelerates. The combined company will operate under the Airhive name with research and development centred at the High Tech Campus Eindhoven, where it will develop Airhive's next-generation Cascade technology.

Deloitte has launched Sustainability Fusion, a framework, digital tool and service offering designed to help chief sustainability officers and chief financial officers measure and communicate how sustainability investments translate into business value.

Gridcog has raised $10 million in Series A funding led by industrial technology group ABB, with participation from energy trading firm Axpo, DNV Ventures and VERBUND X Ventures, alongside continued backing from existing shareholders AlbionVC and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation. The London-headquartered platform, founded in Australia, has been used to model more than 16,000 energy projects across more than 40 markets for customers including Shell, Vestas, Octopus Energy Generation and PwC.