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Changing US policy impacting climate risk assessment, says AllianceBernstein
10 July 2026AllianceBernstein said it is changing its climate risk assessments to reflect the withdrawal of community support by the US federal government.
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Fossil fuel category included in Canadian taxonomy proposals
09 July 2026A category for 'abatement measures' that incorporates fossil fuels has been included in proposals for Canada's 'green and transition taxonomy', in what was described as a "novel" element for taxonomies globally.
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SFDR vote delayed amid disagreement on transition category
08 July 2026A key vote on the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) is to be delayed until September amid disagreement on issues including eligibility criteria for a transition category, Environmental Finance understands.
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UK deforestation regulation clear 'investment signal'
08 July 2026New UK deforestation regulation could create "long-term market opportunities", investors have told Environmental Finance, while urging alignment with the EU.
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Pakistan unveils rules for ESG-themed mutual funds
06 July 2026Pakistan's Securities and Exchange Commission (SECP) has published rules for the marketing of ESG-themed mutual funds, which require managers to ensure that at least 50% of fund assets are in 'ESG-aligned' investments.
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CSRD 'simplification' saga nears end with adoption of EU standards
03 July 2026Observers have welcomed the adoption of heavily reduced European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), a development they said would accelerate preparations for implementation following almost two years of uncertainty.
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Remove coal exclusion in SFDR transition category, PRI says
03 July 2026Fund managers should be allowed to invest in companies with significant exposure to coal via a new 'transition' category in the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) said.
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Supervisors consult on cuts to taxonomy indicators to 'simplify' reporting
02 July 2026Cuts have been proposed to indicators that financial institutions must use to report their alignment with the EU taxonomy of sustainable activities, in consultations by the bloc's three supervisory authorities.
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Essential to resist fossil fuel lobby to water down ETS, says ECB's Elderson
02 July 2026It is "essential" that the EU preserves the credibility of its Emissions Trading System (ETS) and resists a fossil fuel "lobby to water [it] down", a board member of the European Central Bank said.
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'Paris-aligned benchmarks' out of favour in fragmented transition, Lazard says
02 July 2026Asset owners are increasingly critical of passive climate investment strategies amid concerns that they do not capture the growing complexity of the energy transition, an asset manager said.
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US-Iran conflict shows NGFS assumptions 'don't hold' amid fragmented transition
01 July 2026Idiosyncratic policy responses to disruption from the US-Iran conflict show that old assumptions around the climate transition "don't hold anymore" and require a rethink of widely used scenarios, an expert argued.
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Sovereign 'tension' with corporate sustainable bond investments needs addressing
01 July 2026Institutional investors should find ways to address the "tension" emerging between how they manage their corporate and sovereign bond portfolios around decarbonisation, according to an influential fixed income expert.
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ISSB chair calls on EU to keep 'anticipated financial effects' reporting
30 June 2026The EU should ensure that reporting the 'anticipated financial effects' of sustainability risks remains a "core" mandatory requirement in its reporting rules, the chair of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) said.
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- ASTM publishes inaugural green finance framework
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