September 2026 Newsletter: Reporting Rules Simplify, Data Centers Face Scrutiny
September showed a clear pattern. Reporting rules in Europe, the UK and the US are being reshaped, India continued to build its climate infrastructure and green capital markets, and data centres moved from being a technology story to an ESG story. Like always, we have divided the newsletter into sections so you can jump straight to the topics that interest you. Each news piece carries source links for further reading, and where we have written a detailed blog on a topic, we h
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Climate Week NYC 2026
New York held its Climate Week from 20 to 27 September 2026, alongside the UN General Assembly's High-Level Week. The mood was less about announcing targets and more about whether existing ones are being met, paid for and explained. From pledges to proof Practitioners who attended dozens of sessions reported that the week was not a stage for new targets or net-zero pledges. The focus was on progress against existing commitments, where it has stalled, and what is needed to get
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ESRS 2026: What Actually Changed in the Revised Sustainability Reporting Standards?
Image Source: GRI The European Commission adopted the final delegated act containing the revised European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS 2026) (adopted on 3rd July, published on 21st Sept 2026). This closes out a process that began in February 2025 as part of the Commission's Omnibus simplification package, one of the final steps of the European Commission's February 2025 'Omnibus' package intended to simplify EU sustainability reporting rules. The headline number
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