Julia Santos
Editor, ESG Minute
ESG News
CF Industries, JERA and Mitsui Break Ground on $3.7B Low-Carbon Ammonia Plant
CF Industries, JERA and Mitsui broke ground on Blue Point One, a low-carbon ammonia plant in Louisiana that will capture…
ESG News
Google Signs World’s Largest Enhanced Geothermal Power Deal, With Fervo
Google signed a 396 MW power purchase agreement with Fervo Energy at the Cape Station plant in Utah, with an…
ESG News
Japan Advances Maritime CCS Hub to Ship 3.43M Tonnes of CO2 a Year
Six Japanese companies are advancing a carbon capture and maritime shipping hub at the Mizushima industrial complex, targeting commercial operations…
ESG News
Nvidia Posts $96B Quarter as Scope 3 Emissions Nearly Triple in Two Years
Nvidia posted $96.2 billion in fiscal Q2 revenue on AI demand, but its scope 3 emissions reached 10.7 million tonnes…
Carbon Credits
ClimeCo and Marsoft Launch First Gold Standard Carbon Credit for Shipping Fleets
ClimeCo and Marsoft launched the first program converting vessel efficiency retrofits into Gold Standard carbon credits, with over 350 ships…
ESG News
Green Bond Issuance Hits Record $193 Billion in Q2 2026
Global green bond issuance reached $193 billion in the second quarter of 2026, a new quarterly record, driven by a…
CSRD & Rules
EU Approves €4.8 Billion Clean Transition Plan for Greece
The European Commission approved the largest national plan yet funded by the EU's Social Climate Fund, with €4.8 billion for…
CSRD & Rules
Alberta Carbon Price Barely Raises Oil Sands Costs, Study Finds
A C.D. Howe Institute study finds Alberta's carbon pricing system added just C$0.70 per barrel to oil sands production costs…
Carbon Credits
Oman Turns Landfill Methane Into Carbon Credits and Clean Energy
Oman's state waste operator be'ah is capturing landfill methane to generate electricity and carbon credits, with 67,700 verified units issued…
ESG News
responsAbility Raises $461 Million for Asia-Focused Climate Fund
responsAbility closed its Asia Climate Fund at $461 million using a blended finance structure that mobilized over 5 times the…
Carbon Credits
Climate Impact X and Carbonplace to Merge Carbon Market Platforms
Climate Impact X and Carbonplace will merge their carbon market platforms, combining CIX's exchange and price discovery capabilities with Carbonplace's…
Carbon Credits