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From methane reductions in India’s rice fields to new carbon removal projects, businesses are expanding their climate efforts. This week’s ESG in 5 covers Google’s latest deal, Whirlpool’s technology portfolio and Standard Chartered’s support for suppliers, alongside record global temperatures and proposals to address growing pressure on UK water supplies.

From early-stage climate research to billion-dollar infrastructure and manufacturing commitments, this week’s ESG in 5 shows capital moving across every stage of the transition. Google is backing emerging carbon solutions, SSE and CIP are mobilising large pools of finance, Samsung is adapting battery capacity, and PepsiCo is reporting progress across emissions, agriculture, packaging and water.

This week’s ESG in 5 highlights fresh investment in cleaner energy and climate solutions. KLM is backing a major sustainable aviation fuel plant, Mombak has delivered reforestation credits ahead of schedule, and Base Power and Ore Energy have secured funding to expand battery storage. Meanwhile, Google has signed a long-term agreement to support a new US solar project.

This week’s ESG stories highlight continued momentum behind clean energy, supply-chain decarbonisation and natural resource management. Major corporates including Amazon, lululemon, BP, Iberdrola, Microsoft and Anthropic are directing capital toward offshore wind, renewable electricity, green hydrogen, water replenishment and carbon removal, showing how sustainability investment is increasingly being tied to long-term infrastructure, operational resilience and future growth.

This week’s ESG in 5 spotlights how businesses and governments are stepping up their climate action—from Hitachi Digital Services expanding ESG goals, to Mercedes-Benz powering German operations with wind, IKEA turning food waste into fuel, Google tackling carbon removal and methane, and Spain mandating carbon reporting under its new Climate Emergency Plan.

In this week’s ESG in 5, we highlight five major corporate sustainability actions from around the world. Meta expands its clean energy portfolio with a 100 MW solar project in South Carolina, while GreenCo launches a free AI-powered app to simplify ESG reporting. Google takes a bold step into advanced nuclear energy to power its data centres, and climate-tech firms Deep Sky and Skyrenu achieve a first for North America with permanent CO₂ storage via direct air capture. Finall

This week’s ESG headlines highlight major strides in clean energy and decarbonisation. INEOS makes a bold move toward hydrogen-powered chemical production in the UK, while Palo Alto Networks doubles down on carbon removal tech. In the US, Sol Systems secures a massive funding deal to scale solar and storage projects, and the UK government unveils a £63 million push to boost EV infrastructure.

Veolia launches a £70m closed-loop recycling project, Arbor secures a $41m carbon removal deal, and the UK’s East Anglia THREE offshore wind project lands £5.2bn in investment. Plus, HSBC exits the Net-Zero Banking Alliance while reaffirming its climate goals. Catch all the top ESG headlines in this week’s ESG in 5.

Discover how leading global brands like Microsoft, Google, Air New Zealand, and L’Oréal are stepping up their sustainability commitments—through carbon removal, climate targets, and green innovation.