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This week’s ESG update highlights how businesses, financial institutions and policymakers are accelerating efforts to address climate risk and sustainability disclosure. From aviation exploring durable carbon removal and global firms targeting methane emissions, to new reporting rules in South Korea and large-scale green finance commitments from development banks, sustainability continues to move deeper into mainstream strategy, investment and regulation across global markets

This week’s ESG roundup covers regulatory action, sustainable innovation, and major investment in clean energy. From Shein’s greenwashing fine in Italy to Meta’s push to reduce embodied carbon in data centres, and HSBC’s high-profile exit from a major climate alliance, we bring you the key developments shaping the ESG landscape in under five minutes.

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.