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  • US state financial officials call on SEC, DoL to curb ESG investing

    04 February 2025
  • Investors sound alarm that EU's Omnibus threatens 'significant weakening' of ESG data

    04 February 2025

    The European Commission's plans to overhaul sustainability reporting risk hollowing out the EU sustainable finance framework and jeopardising its Green Deal, it has been warned by investors with a combined €6.6 trillion ($6.8 trillion) in assets.

  • EU pitches 'unprecedented simplification' with cuts to sustainability reporting

    29 January 2025
  • Omni-confusion

    28 January 2025

    What will the EU's Omnibus regulation mean for sustainable finance, Michael Hurley asks

  • Leaked paper says EU omnibus will protect investors' data needs

    27 January 2025

    'Simplification' of sustainability reporting requirements will be done in a way that 'ensure[s] tight alignment of the data required with the needs of investors', according to a leaked draft policy paper by the European Commission.

  • France calls for 'massive regulatory pause' of CSDDD, CSRD

    24 January 2025

    The EU should 'indefinite[ly] postpone' sustainability due diligence rules and delay implementation of its Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) by two years, the French government has said.

  • Account for 'stranded asset' risks alongside transition plan rules, EU advised

    23 January 2025

    The EU should create a framework to account for the depreciation of highly polluting assets "at risk of becoming stranded" to help financial institutions assess the credibility of transition plans, it has been told by advisers.

  • Plastic pollution and AI energy use among ISS ESG key themes for 2025

    22 January 2025

    Plastic pollution, better understanding of natural systems, the energy challenge of artificial intelligence (AI), human rights and ESG accountability are likely to be key focus areas for investors in 2025, according to ISS ESG.

  • Von der Leyen promises 'far-reaching simplification' of sustainable finance rules

    21 January 2025

    The European Commission will present "far-reaching simplification of our sustainable finance and due diligence rules" next month alongside a plan to promote invest in clean technologies, its president Ursula von der Leyen said.

  • Tailor SFDR to fit 'unique' pension fund needs, Dutch association urges EU

    20 January 2025