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To boost competitiveness, Europe proposes slashing key climate rules

Corporate Knights

RELATED Canadian investors stand firm on ESG despite greenhushing trend, report finds The anti-DEI movement confronts an unlikely opponent: big banks Meet the four most sustainable funds on the market for 2025 Deadlines to submit reports starting in 2026 will be pushed back to 2028.

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U.S. SEC waters down its climate reporting rule under legal threats 

Corporate Knights

Smaller companies will start reporting in 2028. The sustainable investment industry was among the strongest supporters of the SEC’s initial proposal. “The SEC’s new climate rule will help make it clearer which companies are living up to their climate pledges and which are doing nothing more than greenwashing,” said Al Gore, former U.S.

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EU Markets Regulator Adds ESG Disclosure to its Key Priorities

ESG Today

The regulator said that the move forms an important step in the implementation of its 2023-2028 strategy, which gives a prominent role to sustainable finance.

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EU to Require Auditing of Sustainability Reporting, Disclosure by Large non-European Companies

ESG Today

Greenwashing is over.”. SMEs will also be required to provide sustainability disclosure beginning in 2026, while some SMEs will be able to opt out until 2028. This means more transparency for citizens, consumers and investors.

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EU Names Rules a Stop-gap Solution to Greenwashing

Chris Hall

The post EU Names Rules a Stop-gap Solution to Greenwashing appeared first on ESG Investor. Transition of Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation to a labelling regime will be ongoing and multi-faceted.

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CSRD Update: Impacted Businesses and How To Prepare for Mandatory Reporting

3BL Media

 This latest move, meant to end greenwashing and empower the European Union’s (EU) social market economy, requires companies to disclose environmental, social and governance matters that align with the EU’s climate goals. SMEs can opt out until 2028.

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Case Study: The Olive Oil People: How a Collective of Family Olive Growers Achieved 21st Century Performance Goals

3BL Media

At the same time, Pompeian set out to elevate the olive oil industry to achieve new standards of accountability, transparency, and sustainability that avoid any hint of greenwashing. The Problem Moving toward a more sustainable future for olive oil presented a broad set of challenges.