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  • Omnibus regulation being considered to simplify sustainability rules, Commission says

    26 November 2024

    Work to "simplify" sustainability disclosure rules "might result in omnibus amendments ... that seek to amend several acts", a spokesperson for the European Commission said, following reports suggesting such a move sparked concern among commentators.

  • WollemAI joins forces on farm data

    26 November 2024
  • Iceberg launches sovereign climate and biodiversity dataset

    25 November 2024

    Iceberg Data Lab (IDL) has launched a dataset assessing the "true impact" of 120 countries on climate change and biodiversity impact, including their progress towards the Paris Agreement goals.

  • Republicans could back US CBAM but SEC climate rule unlikely to survive, Ceres says

    25 November 2024

    A Trump-led Republican Party could support the development of a carbon tax on imports, even as it pushes to deregulate and cut other climate-related measures, according to Ceres.

  • EU sustainability 'omnibus' regulations 'like a bad omelette'

    25 November 2024

    The EU plans to combine a trio of major sustainable finance-related disclosure rules into a combined 'omnibus' regulation risks just consolidating rather than correcting problems with the existing regulations, a senior sustainable finance executive in Asia told Environmental Finance.

  • EU proposal to bring sustainable finance rules into single regulation risks 'chaos'

    22 November 2024

    Suggestions that the EU could bring sustainable finance-related disclosure rules into a single, 'omnibus' regulation to "reduce the reporting burden" risks unnecessary chaos, thinktank E3G has said.

  • Gensler to depart SEC

    22 November 2024
  • IFRS unveils guide to materiality assessment for sustainability reports

    20 November 2024
  • La Banque Postale invests in ESG data startup

    20 November 2024

    Financial services group La Banque Postale has invested - via its venture capital fund, 115K - in a French ESG-focused fintech start-up.

  • COP29: Accounting association pushes countries to adopt ISSB standards

    19 November 2024