North America Sustainability

The San Francisco 49ers & Cadence Design Systems ink multi-year partnership, revolving around technology, sustainability and giving back to the Bay Area community in Northern California.

7 Centre positions itself as positions itself as a "trusted resource for organizations seeking to excel in both ESG reporting, stakeholder engagement and sustainability best practices."

ACT Commodities, a global provider of sustainability solutions, acquires Green Project Technologies, which develops a SaaS-based software platform to simplify corporate climate accounting.

Lessen -- which specializes in real estate property management technology & services -- acquires Blue Skyre IBE, a global facilities management solutions provider & ESG expert.

SOCOTEC Consulting acquires Spinnaker Group, a South Florida-based energy efficiency & sustainability consulting firm focused on green buildings & LEED certification.

Private equity firm Trinity Hunt Partners acquires majority stake in Alliance Group. Will HVAC acquisitions target sustainability & green building opportunities?

Fexa acquires Trakref, a "provider of refrigerant tracking and management software that simplifies compliance and ESG reporting."

Recycle Track Systems (RTS) acquires RecycleSmart Solutions & Pello waste sensor technology, an Internet of Things (IoT) hardware and software platform.

Financial executives -- facing potential SEC reporting mandates -- build ESG reporting ecosystem, but Scope 3 disclosure challenges loom, according to Persefoni & FERF (Financial Education & Research Foundation) research.

Proposed Scope 1, Scope 2 & Scope 3 disclosure regulations may impact government contractors & IT consulting firms in the following ways, Persefoni research said.

The U.S. government plans to spend $250 million to help federal agencies implement net-zero building projects. Here are the potential winners.

Close the Loop acquires ISP Tek Services, an HP & Microsoft technology distributor focused on sustainable IT & circular economy solutions.

Microsoft & five other corporate giants -- Nestlé, PepsiCo, SK Group, Starbucks and Unilever -- invest in Circular Services, a startup that's building and expanding recycling infrastructure across the United States.

Apexanalytics, backed by private equity firms KKR & Carousel Capital, acquires ESG Enterprise for SaaS-based supply chain management & ESG reporting capabilities.

ERM, which positions itself as the world’s largest pure play sustainability consultancy, acquires Coho, a global advisory firm that helps customers to reach their climate change, renewable energy and water resiliency goals.