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2025 Global 100 list: World's most sustainable companies are still betting on a greener world

Corporate Knights

Corporate Knights Global 100 ranking of the worlds most sustainable firms, now in its 21st year, shows that the top firms continue to increase their investment in the green transition. Were finding that growth in sustainable revenues is outpacing all other revenues, says Toby Heaps, co-founder and CEO of Corporate Knights.

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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today

This week in ESG news: Survey finds companies not in favor of process to reduce CSRD sustainability reporting requirements; SAP launches new suite of sustainability data tools; Microsoft buys low carbon building materials to help spur clean solutions markets; EU on track to reach 2030 climate goals; EBA proposes simplifying ESG reporting for banks; (..)

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US Shareholders Fight Back Against “Coordinated Attack”

Chris Hall

ICCR and the Shareholder Rights Group have also pu blished a new report on the importance of shareholder proposals , in collaboration with the US Sustainable Investment Forum (SIF). The SEC has also issued seperate guidance warning shareholders against asserting their intention to vote against management to influence decision-making.

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Which banks are financing the clean energy transition?

Corporate Knights

The real question is, are the world’s banks ready to fund the development of renewable technologies at scale, and updating all the infrastructure in between? And which banks will take the lead? . Corporate Knights researchers ranked 60 banks for which they found quantifiable sustainable-revenue data from an initial pool of 91 banks.

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The murky world of private equity takeovers of Canadian oil and gas

Corporate Knights

The 80,000-member BCGEU is hoping to bring attention to the issue by filing shareholder resolutions this spring with Brookfield Asset Management, one of the world’s largest investment management companies, and Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), the country’s largest bank. Brookfield AGM. More RBC scrutiny. KKR’s case.

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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today

This week in ESG news: EU lawmakers agree to delay sustainability reporting standards for specific sectors, non-EU companies; HSBC launches net zero transition plan; BlackRock invests $500 million in clean energy infrastructure developer; GRI launches biodiversity reporting standard; Capgemini survey finds most business leaders plan to increase sustainability (..)

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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today

Billion from Pension Insurer Varma Fidelity International Launches New Sustainable Investing Framework to Meet New ESG Regulations Exec Moves ESG Book Appoints Justin Fitzpatrick as CEO SBTi Chief Luiz Amaral Resigns ING Appoints Cindy Jia as Head of Sustainable Finance, Americas