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UBP begins using AI nature metrics to inform biodiversity engagements
18 July 2025The asset management arm of Union Bancaire Privée has begun using AI-informed nature data to fuel biodiversity engagements with public companies, Environmental Finance understands.
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EBA building climate into 2027 stress test and monitoring other environmental risks
17 July 2025Climate-related risks will be assessed in the 2027 EU supervisory stress test, the European Banking Authority (EBA) said, as it revealed it will progressively look to integrate more detailed climate-related analysis into its tests.
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Disappointment as UK abandons plans for green taxonomy
15 July 2025The UK government has scrapped plans to create a green taxonomy like the EU's, citing market feedback which criticised implementation of the latter and led the UK to prioritise work in other areas including transition planning.
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Forestry investors back natural capital accounting pilot
14 July 2025Major forestry investors including Climate Asset Management, Mercer and New Forests have joined a natural capital accounting pilot, along with the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD).
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EFRAG plans increased cull of ESRS datapoints in 'drastic decision'
11 July 2025EU advisers have revealed plans to cut datapoints in the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive by about 66%, in a move it said involved a "drastic decision" to cull all 277 datapoints organisations are currently given the option to report.
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ESG Data Guide 2025 launched
10 July 2025The free-to-use guide is an easily searchable portal that helps investors and other market players navigate the ever-expanding market of data products.
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'Immature' methodologies mean Scope 3 categories should get ISSB pass, industry says
07 July 2025Major insurers and asset managers said 'immature' assessment frameworks meant they should be allowed to omit a range of Scope 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disclosures when meeting International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards.
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Commission adopts EU taxonomy reporting cuts despite data accessibility concerns
07 July 2025The European Commission has adopted cuts to EU taxonomy reporting that will "reduce administrative burden" for companies and financial institutions, including to templates it said would reduce datapoints lenders must report by 89%.
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ISSB requests feedback on revised SASB standards for high-emitting sectors
03 July 2025The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has requested feedback on the first revisions in almost a decade to sector-specific reporting standards for coal, oil and gas and metals & mining, ...
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Webinar: Nature data is financially material, not just 'bubble' talk
03 July 2025Nature-related data has a real role to play in the investment process and could be an important driver of returns, an Environmental Finance webinar heard, although further research is needed.