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Sustainability Data America 2025 conference round-up

Despite the ESG backlash, the hunt for material ESG data continues. Peter Cripps reports

SDG data remains 'tricky', conference hears

Collecting data on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) remains a difficult task for investors, according to an Environmental Finance conference.

ESG needs to go on 'weightloss journey', says investor

Backlash against ESG is not necessarily a bad thing, an investor has told an Environmental Finance conference, as it called for a more 'slimmed down' approach.

Anti-ESG politics should largely be 'blocked out', conference hears

It is not the duty of investors to keep up with political trends, an asset manager told an Environmental Finance conference.

Largest companies to be given reprieve from extra CSRD reporting

Physical climate risks already feeding inflation, says NGFS chair

Physical climate risks are already feeding through to increased inflation, demonstrating that climate change "is within the core mandate" of central banks, according to the chair of the Central Banks and Supervisors Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS).

German Chancellor calls for 'complete repeal' of EU CSDDD

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called for a "complete repeal" of EU directives including the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD).

NBIM calls on EU to copy ISSB in overhauled corporate reporting standards

The EU should adopt 'identical' terminology and metrics from International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards in European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) where they address the same matters, managers of the $1.7 trillion oil fund have urged.

EBA hints it will resist calls to delay ESG scenario analysis rules amid CSRD overhaul

Rules for EU banks to conduct routine 'ESG scenario analysis' "cannot depend directly" on corporate reporting rules, their regulator said in response to calls to delay introduction while the bloc overhauls its Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).

Biggest drawback of CSA's disclosure 'pause' is delay to assured data, investor says

Investors expecting an uplift in the quality of climate-related data face a longer wait for this to be independently assured and brought on par with conventional financial disclosures, after Canadian regulators' decision to 'pause' rules, according to Mackenzie Investments.