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Moving beyond emissions metrics
30 April 2026A single backward-looking metric will not tell you how a company's management plans to navigate the transition, writes Jonathan Noble
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Sustainable Debt EMEA returns to London next week
15 April 2026Environmental Finance's 14th annual Sustainable Debt EMEA conference returns to London on 23 April.
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L'Oreal's SLB targets miss surprises market
25 March 2026The targets miss highlights the need for clear communication, but also the heightened transparency SLBs bring. Ahren Lester reports
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Will MAGA politics trump sustainability at US AGMs?
13 March 2026The 'anti-ESG' movement threatens to further undermine support for shareholder proposals, Michael Hurley reports
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Investors urge reform of GHG Protocol renewables accounting
02 March 2026Investors have urged the GHG Protocol to change its standards to ensure companies' claims more accurately link renewable energy purchases to the time and place the energy was produced and consumed.
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25% drop in US shareholder proposals amid anti-ESG regulation, PIRC says
27 February 2026"A marked decline" in proposals reaching the ballot at shareholder meetings in the US, of about 25% compared with last year, has been linked to regulators seeking to deter investors from influencing companies on sustainability issues.
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Transition and adaptation finance still at 'brainstorming' phase, says Barclays
24 February 2026More frameworks and education around transition and adaptation finance could help boost labelled debt issuance, but many conversations remain at an early stage, according to Barclays.
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PIRC to assess Crédit Ag response to ECB fine
23 February 2026Pensions and Investment Research Consultants (PIRC) says it will assess how Crédit Agricole responds to a fine from the European Central Bank (ECB) as it mulls a vote against members of the bank's sustainability committee and board.
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'Energy trilemma' doesn't work any more, says Barclays
20 February 2026The framing of the traditional 'energy trilemma' no longer works in the current economic landscape and needs to be revisited to take into account the changing geopolitical and macroeconomic backdrop, according to Barclays.
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Proxy advisor to 'review election' of Crédit Ag governing body after ECB fine
20 February 2026Pensions and Investment Research Consultants (PIRC) will review the election of any member of Crédit Agricole's sustainability committee, its board chair or its CEO, after the bank's climate-related fine by the European Central Bank (ECB), it said.