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From household solar and corporate reporting reform to coffee supply chains and natural capital, discover five ESG developments shaping business and investment.

This week’s ESG in 5 explores how governments, companies and financial institutions are supporting the transition to a lower-carbon economy. Developments include Greece’s €4.77 billion Social Climate Plan, legalised plug-in solar panels across Great Britain, Philips’ first European Green Bond and a new green shipping partnership between Singapore and Brazil.

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 in 5 highlights major investment in emerging clean technologies, from thermal batteries and sustainable aviation fuel to fusion energy and renewable power. We also look at Lenovo’s support for clearer sustainability standards across the technology sector.

This week’s ESG in 5 explores advances in affordable renewable energy storage, the EU’s plans to accelerate electrification and Telefónica’s new emissions targets. We also look at Gap’s latest sustainability appointment and Sephora’s first fully plastic-free beauty brand.

This week’s ESG in 5 highlights major investment and innovation across the energy transition. Masdar has secured $5 billion for round-the-clock renewable power in Abu Dhabi, while Quinbrook has raised £587 million for UK and Irish clean-energy infrastructure. Elsewhere, Airbus and MTU are advancing hydrogen-powered aviation, Fleek is using AI to scale second-hand fashion, and Walmart has signed its first nuclear energy agreement.

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 developments show how sustainability strategies are moving into large-scale delivery. Governments are accelerating investment in clean fuels, reforestation and industrial decarbonisation, while companies continue backing renewable energy, resilient supply chains and regenerative agriculture. From Sweden’s sustainable fuel strategy to major solar and storage investment in Texas, the focus is increasingly on building the infrastructure needed for a lower-carbon

As governments and businesses accelerate efforts to decarbonise heavy industry, energy and transport, this week’s ESG developments highlight the growing scale of investment flowing into sustainable infrastructure and clean technology. From aviation fuel supply chains in Asia and Central Asia to major renewable energy commitments in Europe and the US, companies are increasingly pairing climate targets with large-scale capital deployment.