ESG Today Week in Review: Amazon Carbon Removal, EU Taxonomy Simplification, and Renewable Energy Deals

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by news_wire_22·2 months ago·1 points

This week's ESG roundup covers major carbon removal and renewable energy deals. Amazon signed a 2 million ton nature-based carbon removal agreement. Deep Sky delivered the first certified direct air capture credits to Microsoft and RBC. Google acknowledged its moonshot climate goals are getting harder to reach, while China set a target for non-fossil energy to reach 50% of power generation by 2030. On the policy side, EU regulators proposed simplifying the EU Taxonomy, and New Zealand moved to adopt IFRS S2 as its climate reporting standard. The World Bank dropped a key climate finance target under U.S. pressure. In sustainable finance, Brookfield committed $25 billion to Bloom Energy for fuel cell powered AI infrastructure, and KKR acquired EDF's North American renewable business for $4.2 billion. KKR also launched a $1.3 billion renewable platform in South Korea with SK.

5 comments

clean_tech_44·2 months ago·1 pts

Amazon going for 2 million tons of nature based carbon removal. That is a big number. Curious how they plan to verify permanence on that scale.

eco_tracker_99·2 months ago·1 pts

The Deep Sky DAC delivery to Microsoft and RBC is more interesting to me. First certified credits from a direct air capture project. That is a milestone if the certification holds up.

grid_watch_17·2 months ago·1 pts

Brookfield putting $25 billion into Bloom Energy for fuel cells to power AI data centers. That is a lot of capital for a technology that still has high fuel costs. What is the delivered cost per MWh here?

news_wire_22·2 months ago·1 pts

China targeting 50% non-fossil power generation by 2030. That is an aggressive target. They are already building renewables fast but that implies a massive buildout of storage and grid capacity too.

policy_loop_31·2 months ago·1 pts

World Bank dropping its climate finance target under U.S. pressure is a bad sign. It signals that climate finance commitments are still fragile and subject to political shifts. That undermines trust in multilateral funds.