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  • A Europe without a course

    17 June 2025

    Despite the multitude of sustainability-related directives it produces, Europe struggles to articulate where it wants to go and what it believes in, writes Philippe Zaouati

  • Revised Stewardship Code could increase reporting burden rather than reduce it, NEST says

    16 June 2025

    The simplified UK Stewardship Code could increase the reporting burden on signatories - contrary to the intended outcome of the overhaul, according to one of the country's largest pension funds.

  • Basel Committee publishes voluntary climate risk disclosure framework

    13 June 2025

    The influential Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) has published a voluntary framework for disclosure of climate-related financial risks by banks rather than integrating it into Pillar 3 requirements as initially intended.

  • Key MEP proposes raising CSRD threshold to exclude more mid-sized firms

    13 June 2025
  • SEC withdraws ESG fund name rules

    13 June 2025

    The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has formally withdrawn proposals to govern the information fund managers and advisers must provide when they market funds as having an environmental, social or governance (ESG) focus.

  • Quantitative tightening hampers ECB carbon tilting efforts

    12 June 2025

    The European Central Bank (ECB) said its shift from quantitative easing to tightening has brought an end to its efforts to apply a climate tilt to its corporate bond portfolio.

  • ISSB 'profiles' degree of alignment of national standards with its own

    12 June 2025

    About 80% of jurisdictions that have said they will use the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards plan "full adoption", according to analysis the board said illustrates "the high degree of alignment" with its work.

  • Cadlas launches climate resilience guide for investor stewardship

    12 June 2025

    Cadlas has published a 'sourcebook' for investors to integrate climate resilience into their stewardship activities.

  • Investors welcome High Seas Treaty progress

    11 June 2025

    As a treaty to protect international waters moves towards ratification at the UN, investors have told Environmental Finance that this will provide clarity and momentum in the nascent marine investment theme.

  • Japan's transition bonds: 'The reception has improved dramatically'

    11 June 2025

    Investors welcomed assurances that Japan's transition bonds promote energy security and competitiveness, the country says as it readies more deals. Michael Hurley reports