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Japanese reforms threaten to limit shareholder proposals, ClientEarth warns

Plans to reform Japan's Companies Act threaten to limit the ability of smaller shareholders to file shareholder proposals and harm sustainability-related stewardship, ClientEarth has warned.

SFDR fossil fuel exclusions split investors amid transition and energy security fears

Fossil exclusion criteria have emerged as a flashpoint in a consultation about how to overhaul the EU's much maligned reporting regulation, writes Michael Hurley

Legal challenge of Omnibus being considered, says law group

ICJ opinion raises stakes for Omnibus as lawyer warns of 'legal time bomb'

The International Court of Justice's (ICJ) opinion on climate "reinforces" the likelihood of legal challenges of the EU's Omnibus simplification process if it guts key elements of sustainability rules such as those for transition plans, a lawyer has argued.

Failure to force emissions cuts exposes nations to legal action, says World Court

NGOs launch formal complaint over 'undemocratic' EU Omnibus sustainability overhaul

People Moves, 21 February: Bezos Earth Fund; Ninety One; South Pole; CIP ... and more

Business needs clarity on EU omnibus proposals, NGOs tell von der Leyen

Investors tell Japan to remedy inconsistencies with ISSB standards

Some of the world's largest investors have advised Japan to address inconsistencies between its draft disclosure standards and those of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB).

Lack of policy guardrails 'enabling transition-washing'