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ACCA launches sustainability guide for SMEs
03 June 2024The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has launched a report helping small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to produce the sustainability-related information required by regulators, investors and other stakeholders.
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WTW launches climate change risks tool
03 June 2024Consultancy Willis Towers Watson has launched a new tool, 'Climate Quantified', designed to assess how and when physical and transition risks impact a company's operations and assets, including revenue and enterprise value.
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Asset owners give backing to Climate Action 100+
30 May 2024A group of 44 asset owners representing over $4 trillion in assets have written in support of Climate Action 100+, the investor-led initiative putting pressure on the world's largest corporate greenhouse gas emitters.
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Investor group backs SEC over courts for shareholder rights
29 May 2024A group of 39 investors representing combined assets under management of $5.2 trillion have backed the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to continue as the preferred arbiter of shareholder proposals in the US.
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Averon Park plots acquisition of Foresight Sustainable Forestry Company
29 May 2024Sustainable infrastructure investor Averon Park has made a bid to acquire and take private London-listed timber investor Foresight Sustainable Forestry Company in a cash deal valuing the company at £167 million ($212.3 million).
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Shareholders back Scope 3 targets for Yara International
29 May 2024Support for an unsuccessful resolution at Yara International's AGM to set Scope 3 emissions reduction targets shows an increasing focus on the climate impacts of the fertiliser industry, according to ShareAction.
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SBTi updates criteria to enable 'ambitious' near-term targets
29 May 2024The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has released criteria updates and resources for financial institutions to set "ambitious" near-term emission-reduction targets to keep warming to 1.5°C as well as the introduction of fossil fuel finance criteria.
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US unveils principles to support voluntary carbon markets
28 May 2024US president Joe Biden's administration has released a joint statement of policy and new principles to promote "responsible participation" in voluntary carbon markets (VCMs) and to promote higher standards.
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Feedback sought on first draft of Australian taxonomy
28 May 2024The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) has opened a public consultation on the first draft of its proposed taxonomy, including its headline ambitions and first three priority areas.
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Conservation International backs nature credit market 'with guardrails'
28 May 2024US-based environmental non-profit Conservation International has published a proposed strategy and guardrails for equitable and well-governed nature credit markets as a means of addressing biodiversity loss, climate change and inequities.