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Take Five: Is Your Cup Half-full or Half-empty?

Chris Hall

Confirmation of a January 2027 start for a UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism was welcomed as providing certainty to investors over its scope. But overall, the first Labour budget for 15 years was far from an exemplar of the joined-up approach advocated by former Climate Change Committee chair Lord Deben , with the £3.4

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Seven sustainable finance predictions for 2025

Corporate Knights

Expect continued growth of sustainable finance assets by these investors in 2025, especially by pension funds weighing the evolving risks of heat, floods and storms and economic transformations from climate change. By the second quarter of 2024, Morningstar estimates that net inflows had dropped to US$6.3

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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today

Republicans; IOSCO calls on regulators to integrate new ISSB sustainability disclosure rules; India announces ESG fund disclosure & investment rules; Walmart, PepsiCo invest in sustainable agriculture; SAP asks suppliers to report emissions; Vanguard hit with greenwashing suit in Australia; Canada phasing out government fossil fuel financing; Goldman (..)

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New Climate Policy Bills in California Herald Sweeping Changes for Businesses

3BL Media

The state's environmental leadership also extends to climate change mitigation policy. It will also require the disclosure of Scope 3 emissions starting in 2027 for the prior fiscal year, in accordance with guidance provided by the GHG Protocol. Read here for a simple breakdown of what Scope 3 GHG emissions are.)

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Nature charities publish market principles in bid to combat greenwashing

Envirotec Magazine

With an estimated £6 billion annual funding gap for UK nature recovery across land and sea, the UK Government has set an ambitious target to grow annual private investment in nature by at least £500 million by 2027, rising to over £1 billion by 2030. The nature market principles are an important step in tackling this.

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UK Nature Market Principles Offer Regulatory “Stop-gap” 

Chris Hall

The Principles, which cover credits, are designed to pre-empt UK government regulation, as concerns about greenwashing grow.

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WRAP updates voluntary agreements, outlining circularity vision for food, plastic and textiles

Envirotec Magazine

A Target-Measure-Act approach, developed by WRAP, ensures rigorous evaluation of progress, giving transparent and publicly reported updates against targets to avoid greenwashing.” As the effects of climate change become more damaging and food security is tested to the limit, the Courtauld Commitment 2030 is more important than ever.

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