More ESG news – Page 21
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NewsAP7 indicates BlackRock’s NZAM exit could affect future mandates
Sweden’s biggest state pension fund to meet world’s largest asset manager ‘to better understand’ decisions after BlackRock fled net zero alliance
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NewsNet Zero Asset Managers initiative halts activities
UN-backed body removes member commitments in attempt to steady the ship
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NewsTransition plans not yet useable for financial stability purposes, says FSB
Financial Stability Board (FSB) examines relevance of transition plans for financial stability assessments as tool gains traction
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NewsKPA calls for action on pensions investment in local climate adaptation
Swedish municipal pension fund says preparedness investments have a long-term perspective that suits the management of occupational pensions
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NewsBlackRock exits climate alliance
Texas, Alabama and West Virginia are among 11 states to sue BlackRock, alleging its support for decarbonisation efforts had flouted competition rules in the US
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NewsBlackRock distances itself from real-economy decarbonisation efforts
Insiders say asset manager is on the brink of announcing an exit from the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative
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NewsCommission sustainable finance advisers release taxonomy proposals
Platform on Sustainable Finance proposes additions to scope of EU Taxonomy, including for certain metals
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NewsPGGM disbands advisory council amid row over new investment policy
The pension asset manager also tried to fire its chief economist for criticising the firm’s switch to ‘3D-investing’
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NewsAsset owners challenge Shell’s LNG plans in new shareholder resolution
Brunel Pension Partnership, Greater Manchester Pension Fund and Merseyside Pension Fund are asking Shell to justify its LNG strategy
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NewsPFA’s climate product beats standard pension with 19.6% return
Parts of the green sector hit by declining investment appetite in 2024, says CIO
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NewsGFANZ further relaxes membership requirements to halt exodus
Going forward, GFANZ ‘will allow any financial institution working to mobilise capital and lower the barriers to financing energy transition to participate’
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NewsUK government advised on climate-adaptation taxonomy
The independent Land, Nature and Adapted Systems Advisory Group has proposed a five-step framework to develop an adaptation-focused UK taxonomy
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NewsATP disappointed as Better Energy restructures
Citing ‘perfect storm of negative market conditions’, Danish renewable-energy firm enters restructuring to rebuild capital base and stabilise the business
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NewsBumper month for EU sustainability policy ends with Transition Benchmark proposal
Platform on Sustainable Finance proposes two new Investing for Transition Benchmarks
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NewsSwiss pension funds association updates ESG reporting standards
ASIP updates standards to strengthen qualitative reporting, especially for stewardship
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NewsNorway SWF urges CII to go further combatting ‘stealth dual-class structures’
NBIM gives views to Council of Institutional Investors on proposed policy changes on unequal voting structures
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NewsInvestor group complains to Commission over defence conference treatment
Tommy Piemonte of Bank für Kirche und Caritas was told he was temporarily removed for being ‘disruptive’
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NewsGermany pushes EU Commission to scale back sustainability reporting rules
Germany asks EU Commission to postpone the CSRD application deadline by two years
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NewsCommission asked to make ‘transition’, ‘sustainable’ and ‘collection’ into SFDR categories
Current SFDR categories should be replaced with alternatives that better reflect current range of sustainability-related strategies
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NewsUK receives official advice on national sustainability reporting standards
Sustainability Disclosure Technical Advisory Committee suggests removing restrictions on which sectoral categories investors and banks can use to report emissions
