ESG in 5 Sustainability News - 08-07-2025
- Anthony Walters
- Jul 8
- 2 min read
Updated: Jul 8
This week in ESG: British Airways makes a major move to cut aviation emissions through sustainable fuel, Meta supercharges its renewable energy capacity across the U.S., Google Maps expands eco-friendly travel options across Europe, and DuPont reaches a key milestone by powering all EU operations with renewable electricity. Here are the top headlines, in five.
Mars Launches $250 Million Sustainability Solutions Fund.
Snacking, food, and pet care products provider Mars has announced the launch of the Mars Sustainability Investment Fund (MSIF), a new $250 million fund aimed at providing capital to companies developing solutions to address key industry sustainability challenges.
According to Mars, the new fund will deploy capital across investment funds as well as through direct investments, targeting solutions to sustainability challenges across the company’s value chain in areas including the sourcing of its ingredients, the health aspects of its products, and circular packaging.
Google Signs Largest-Ever Corporate Fusion Energy Purchase Deal.
Google has announced that it has signed the largest-ever direct corporate offtake agreement for fusion energy with Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), as well as an investment in CFS, aimed at supporting the CFS’ efforts to bring fusion power to the grid at scale, and the development of its first commercial plant.
Fusion, the process of combining two atoms to form a single atom to release energy, has been long referred to as the “Holy Grail” of clean and abundant energy production, given its potential to produce power from hydrogen – the most common element in the universe – without producing carbon emissions associated with fossil-fuel based power.
Nokia Ties Terms of New €1.5 Billion Debt to Performance Towards Value Chain Emissions Goals.
Telecommunications and networking company Nokia has announced that it has signed a new €1.5 billion multicurrency revolving credit facility, with pricing on the new debt tied to its performance towards its Scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas emissions goals.
The new credit facility marks the latest in a series of sustainability-linked financing instruments for Nokia, including a credit facility linked to the company’s sustainability targets in 2019, and its first sustainability-linked guarantee facility in 2022.
CapitaLand Launches New Framework to Quantify the Financial Return of Sustainability Investments.
Singapore-based real estate investment manager CapitaLand Investment (CLI) has announced the launch of its new “Return on Sustainability (RoS) framework,” aimed at quantifying the financial value of green capital expenditure. The new tool has been established at a time when expectations shift from climate pledges to demonstrable results.
It works by evaluating eight key variables that influence financial performance: green capital expenditure (capex), utility costs and savings, carbon cost reductions, rent premiums, leasing durations, interest rates savings, reduced insurance premiums, and enhanced asset valuations.
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Mars Launches $250 Million Sustainability Solutions Fund, by Mark Segal, ESG Today, 07/07/25
Google Signs Largest-Ever Corporate Fusion Energy Purchase Deal by ESG Today, 01/07/25
Nokia Ties Terms of New €1.5 Billion Debt to Performance Towards Value Chain Emissions Goals, by ESG Today, 01/07/25
CapitaLand Launches New Framework to Quantify the Financial Return of Sustainability Investments, by ESG Today, 08/07/2506/25
