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European Parliament passes 'world first' nature restoration law
28 February 2024Investors have welcomed the European Parliament passing the "world first" Nature Restoration Law, calling it a "watershed" moment for a nature-positive economy.
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Indonesian taxonomy 'muddies the waters' with inclusion of coal
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Philippines publishes sustainable finance taxonomy
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Support CSDDD to save lives, expert group urges German government
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European legal battles force better corporate climate accounting
27 February 2024TotalEnergies and ING are among the firms to face legal action from activist shareholders, write Gerben Schreurs and Paul Menoret-Renard
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SEC dropping Scope 3 disclosure requirement will not prevent legal action, lawyer warns
26 February 2024The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)'s reported plan to drop a requirement that would require publicly listed companies to disclose value chain emissions will not protect the government agency from legal action, a lawyer has said.
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Investors have 'sleepless nights' over net zero targets tied to estimated data
26 February 2024Institutional investors lose sleep over net zero targets for which progress reporting is tied to huge volumes of estimated data, particularly data relating to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from a company's value chain, a conference heard.
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ICMA draws up a 'Common Ground Taxonomy' for transition plans
26 February 2024The influential trade association wants issuer to act on transition plans before regulations arrive, and has provided a high-level tool to get the process started. Ahren Lester reports
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Faber issues rallying cry as regulators diverge from ISSB, jeopardising its mission
23 February 2024The chair of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has issued a "call to action" for regulators to unite behind by the organisation's standards, warning that divergence from them threatens to undermine its mission.
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Switzerland encouraged to use debt-for-nature swaps
23 February 2024The Swiss government has been encouraged to help scale up private investment in biodiversity, either through providing first-loss capital or developing debt-for-nature swaps.