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Proposed EU Financial Services Commissioner to Push for Sustainable Investment Product Labels, Reduced Reporting Burdens

ESG Today

In its review, however, the Commission expressed concern that the Article 8 and 9 classifications were being used as de-facto sustainability quality labels, raising potential greenwashing risks. That is why if I am confirmed, I will look into the possibility of creating a proper labelling system.”

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Seven sustainable finance predictions for 2025

Corporate Knights

And expect the Trump administration to reverse a Biden Department of Labor rule expressly permitting pension trustees to consider ESG issues in investment decisions. But on climate disclosure and fiduciary rights, this will create regulatory confusion more than a firm barrier to sustainable investing. style attack on ESG.

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EU ‘green’ label for gas and nuclear sparks sustainable investing crisis

Corporate Knights

When I led Canada’s Social Investment Organization (SIO) in the early 2000s, one of our most important debates concerned the question of whether the organization should develop an industry-wide label for socially responsible investment, as sustainable investing was called back then.

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Impact Cubed's New EU Taxonomy Solution Provides Global Insights Into Green Investments

3BL Media

These new rules, intended to counteract greenwashing, spell out the criteria for a green investment and require market participants to disclose how they are aligned with them. For more information, visit www.impact-cubed.com/regulatory solutions. The outcome is a seamless approach to customized sustainable investing.

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Global ESG assets drop 14% as industry tightens grip on sustainability claims

Corporate Knights

As the COP28 meeting begins and the world looks to the financial sector to step up on the climate crisis, the global sustainable investment industry is finally coming to grips with allegations of greenwashing that have plagued it for years. Sustainable Investment Forum (U.S. trillion. “We Maria Lettini, CEO of the U.S.

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The nuclear option

Corporate Knights

In a 2023 report, the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that to meet net-zero goals, electricity’s share of total energy demand needs to double between now and 2030 to accommodate the electrification of transportation, building heat, industrial processes, agriculture and information technology.

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Morningstar Sustainalytics Launches Solutions to Support CSRD, EU Taxonomy Compliance and Reporting

ESG Today

Yet the increased level of transparency, disclosure and accountability and third-party assurance to enforce it, while good for investors, creates a range of new challenges for companies reporting ESG information and for the investors tracking them.