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SEC stumbles into battleground of climate materiality

Letting companies decide whether emissions are material to their business opens the door for disputes, writes Michael Hurley

People Moves, 8 March: Ardian, Credit Agricole, IFRS, Permira, Palatine, Sustainable Fitch ... and more

Australian disclosure standards' divergence from ISSB risks fragmentation, NBIM says

The divergence of proposed Australian climate disclosure standards from International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards risks undermining comparability of sustainability reports, according to Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM).

France launches impact fund standard, scoring system

Support CSDDD to save lives, expert group urges German government

Investors have 'sleepless nights' over net zero targets tied to estimated data

Institutional 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.

People Moves, 23 February: Sustainable Fitch, AIB, Climate X, IFRS Foundation ... and more

Faber issues rallying cry as regulators diverge from ISSB, jeopardising its mission

The 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.

Bank of America CEO pleas for regulatory consistency on ISSB adoption

Bank of America's CEO urged regulators not to diverge from the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards, as the banking head warned that doing so would deepen confusion of an 'alphabet soup' of sustainability reporting.

Green bonds will increasingly target biodiversity, predicts Sustainable Fitch