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SEC withdraws ESG fund name rules

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has formally withdrawn proposals to govern the information fund managers and advisers must provide when they market funds as having an environmental, social or governance (ESG)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

Thailand publishes extension of sustainability taxonomy

'Proxy voting is not dead'

This AGM season will reveal shareholders' climate resolve, writes Michael Hurley

SEC ends defence of climate rule in 'backward step for investors'

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has ended defence of its own climate disclosure rule, signalling a major blow to hopes it could be saved from legal challenges.

US SEC delays anti-greenwashing 'names rule' compliance deadline by six months

About 2,700 companies subject to California climate risk rule, Ceres estimates

Almost 2,700 companies are set to be subject to California rules that require them to say how climate change poses risks to their global operations, in alignment with the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), Ceres has estimated.

Investors need to engage US policymakers to ensure ESG not prohibited, says ex-SEC director

There is heightened need for investors to engage with US policymakers to ensure they do not prohibit consideration of material ESG factors in investments, a former policy director at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has urged.

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

Philippines SEC consults on green equity segment

Scrambled regs to give investors indigestion in 2025

Investors must digest a diet of disparate sustainable finance regulations in the year ahead. Michael Hurley reports