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  • AI risks 'surging for financial institutions', finds RepRisk

    12 June 2026

    Financial institutions expect the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) to pose growing business conduct risks to their portfolios, according to a new report.

  • EU banks to be quizzed on climate-related 'financial turmoil' in stress test

    12 June 2026

    EU banks are to be asked to report their exposure to climate-related physical and transition risks as part of an EU-wide stress test for the first time, the European Banking Authority (EBA) revealed.

  • Permira makes 'transformative investment' in CDP, as it becomes 'commercial entity'

    11 June 2026

    Private equity giant Permira has invested an undisclosed sum in CDP, as the disclosure platform transforms from non-profit to a for-profit organisation.

  • Forestry industry captured GHG Protocol process, outgoing advisor alleges

    10 June 2026

    Business interests unduly influenced the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol standard-setting process, a member of its independent standards board alleged in a letter announcing his resignation.

  • Better capex data is not a 'nice to have' for investors, webinar hears

    09 June 2026

    While corporate capital expenditure (capex) data offers investors "a clear signal of low-carbon transition credibility", investors are increasingly demanding better data, an Environmental Finance webinar heard.

  • FCA proposes cuts to UK financial institution climate reporting rules

    05 June 2026

    UK financial institutions would have to report less information on climate-related risks under proposals by their regulator to replace rules based on the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations.

  • Singapore key testing ground for ISO transition plan rules, Fidelity says

    05 June 2026

    Transition planning expectations set by Singapore's financial regulator will be a key test of the world-first international transition plan standard, according to Fidelity International.

  • Up to 450 US companies to report impacts under non-EU ESRS, says EFRAG

    05 June 2026

    As many as 450 US companies are set to be in scope of EU rules that will require them to report their sustainability impacts, according to estimates by the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG).

  • Exemption for asset managers in ESRS 'creates a reporting vacuum'

    04 June 2026

    The EU risks creating a "reporting vacuum" that undermines investors' data needs if it proceeds with a proposal to exempt asset managers' reporting under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), observers warned.

  • Exchanges lament 'fragmented sustainability regulation'

    02 June 2026

    Stock exchanges have called for regulators to introduce equivalence regimes to urgently address "fragmentation" it says is the result of divergent sustainability rules.