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ESG in 5 Sustainability News - 16-06-2026

  • Jun 16
  • 2 min read

This week’s ESG developments highlight how sustainability is becoming increasingly embedded across finance, infrastructure and corporate strategy. From large-scale renewable energy platforms and logistics decarbonisation to AI-driven reporting tools and carbon removal agreements, companies are moving beyond targets and investing in practical solutions that support the transition to a lower-carbon economy.



Mitsubishi and Brookfield launch $460m renewables platform.


Mitsubishi HC Capital and Brookfield Asset Management are launching a new renewable energy joint venture, seeded with around 570 MW of operating assets across the UK, Spain, Sweden, Finland, France and Ireland.


The portfolio has an equity value of approximately $460 million and is backed by long-term power purchase agreements, with an average remaining term of around 10 years. The joint venture will focus on contracted clean power assets, including onshore wind, utility-scale solar and battery storage, with further acquisitions being considered across Europe and Australia.



DHL commits €160m to French decarbonisation push.


DHL Group has announced plans to invest around €160 million in France between 2026 and 2027, targeting both logistics infrastructure and decarbonisation initiatives.


The investment will support the expansion of electric vehicle fleets and charging infrastructure, greater use of sustainable aviation fuel, solar energy systems across logistics sites, low-carbon fuels such as biodiesel for heavy-duty vehicles, and further warehouse electrification. DHL has also set a target to reach net-zero logistics-related greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and increase sustainable fuels in transport to more than 30% by 2030.



Workiva brings agentic AI into sustainability reporting.


Workiva has launched its Sustainability Disclosure Agent, an AI-powered tool designed to help companies identify reporting gaps and comply with evolving sustainability disclosure standards.


The platform scans existing disclosures, compares them with reporting requirements, highlights missing or partial content, recommends next steps and generates draft standards-aligned narratives. Workiva said the tool is aimed at helping sustainability teams manage a fragmented regulatory environment, including updated European reporting requirements and IFRS S1 and S2 adoption across more than 40 jurisdictions.



S&P Global expands ESG screening for investors.


S&P Global Sustainable1 has launched a new UN Global Compact Screening Dataset, designed to help investors, banks and corporates assess whether companies are aligned with the UN Global Compact principles.


The dataset has initially been applied to around 16,500 companies globally, with coverage expected to expand to roughly 24,000 companies. It screens for alignment with principles covering human rights, labour, the environment and anti-corruption, using controversy monitoring and business involvement screening. S&P Global said the tool uses AI and machine learning to monitor millions of public sources in multiple languages and detect emerging risk incidents in near real time.



TD Bank signs 10-year carbon removal deal.


TD Bank Group has signed a 10-year carbon removal agreement with Canadian project developer Deep Sky, under which the bank will purchase more than 18,000 verified direct air capture carbon dioxide removal credits.


The credits will come from Deep Sky’s direct air capture facilities in Canada, with carbon removed from the atmosphere and stored permanently underground. TD said it has already reduced Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 29% against a 2019 baseline and is using carbon removal technologies to address residual emissions over time.



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