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The 25 most sustainable private companies in the world

Corporate Knights

But with sustainability, there are reasons to be more forthcoming. Private companies are increasingly eager to report on their environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance and their sustainability investments amid the publics growing appetite for companies that are trying to be good corporate citizens. 7 BGIS Canada 3.6%

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To boost competitiveness, Europe proposes slashing key climate rules

Corporate Knights

Drastic changes to the scope of sustainability reporting rules will limit investor access to comparable and reliable sustainability data, said Aleksandra Palinska, executive director at the European Sustainable Investment Forum, Europes umbrella network for sustainable finance, in a press release.

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Modern Slavery’s Accountability Gap

Chris Hall

They are therefore taking things into their own hands, actively engaging with companies to eliminate modern slavery from supply chains. This means they havent assessed the risks in their supply chains nor taken steps to adequately mitigate those risks, she tells ESG Investor.

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Guest Post – Hitting Reset: Sustainable Finance Faces a Defining Second Half in 2025

ESG Today

Human capital, supply chain resilience, cognitive diversity, these are themes with measurable impact, not just good intentions. That needs to change, but likely won’t before 2026. Defense: No Longer Avoided One of the new developments in 2025 is the return of defense as an investable theme. That shift is healthy.

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Reopening EU Sustainability Rules Poses Multiple Risks

Chris Hall

After much wrangling , the CSDDD was adopted in April, enhancing requirements and obligations for companies in relation to the environmental and social harms of their operations and supply chains. Both the CSRD and CSDDD have already been watered down, dampening their usefulness for investors.

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SBTi Limits Carbon Credit Use in Latest Guidance

Chris Hall

In December, a survey of more than 900 institutional investors by the Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing found that nearly 40% of asset owners used carbon offsets to mitigate portfolio emissions, while 31% of asset managers said they offered clients offsets linked to specific products or aggregated emissions.

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Clean energy stocks are making a comeback

Corporate Knights

Rising interest rates and supply chain problems in the post-pandemic period have eroded values of clean energy stocks and funds. In early May, the company announced it had signed an agreement with Microsoft to supply massive amounts of renewable energy to power Microsoft operations in the U.S. and Europe between 2026 and 2023.