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Gulf can 'lead the way' on ESG disclosure for capital markets

From Ahren Lester in Abu Dhabi

Aéma to expand biodiversity footprinting to cover its insurance arm

French insurer and asset manager Aéma has announced plans to release a group-level biodiversity footprint.

Call for regenerative agriculture standard, amid 'big risk of greenwashing'

Better standards and data collection are needed to combat the "big risk of greenwashing" in regenerative agriculture projects, a conference has heard.

EU shouldn't oversimplify nature data, says IAPB's Goulard

Genevieve Redgrave reporting from Paris

ISSB proposes 'relief' from reporting some finance-related emissions

The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has proposed changes to its standards, to permit companies to omit disclosure of Scope 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions linked to derivatives, facilitated emissions by investment banks, and insurance-associated emissions.

Space agency launches 'Earth observation' data initiative to propel nature finance

Financial institutions, corporates and academics have begun work to identify the best ways to use 'Earth observation' data to propel nature-positive finance toward the $540 billion of annual investment needed to meet international targets.

Canadian regulator 'pauses' climate disclosure rule, citing geopolitics

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has 'paused' work on rules to require public companies to prepare climate-related disclosures and amendments to existing diversity-related requirements, citing "the global economic and geopolitical landscape".

'Less burdensome' UK standards will put it ahead of EU in competitiveness race, official says

Delay EU climate scenario rules by a year to account for Omnibus, say German banks

Banks active in the EU will find it "practically impossible" to meet the current deadline to fully implement climate scenario analysis requirements by January, the Association of German Banks has told the European Banking Authority (EBA).

UKSIF pitches taskforce to study how ISSB can reduce pensions reporting burden

Regulators should sponsor an industry group to study how the sustainability-related "reporting burden" on UK pension schemes can be reduced in the transition to International Sustainability Board Standards (ISSB) reporting, an investor group said.