Allianz Global Investors Scraps Nuclear, Military Exclusions to Back Europe Rearmament April 1, 2025 By Iain Withers Germany’s Allianz Global Investors has dropped two exclusions blocking its sustainable funds from investing in defense, becoming one of the...
Australian Pension Fund Fined A$10.5 Million for Greenwashing March 18, 2025 By Amy Bainbridge and Nasteho Said Australian pension fund Active Super has been fined A$10.5 million ($6.7 million) for making a number of misrepresentations about its...
Trump Has Companies in Europe and Asia Walking a DEI Tightrope March 18, 2025 By Siraj Datoo Donald Trump’s executive order dismantling diversity, equity and inclusion efforts is making waves at international companies in Europe, Asia and...
UK Financial Watchdogs Drop Diversity and ‘Name and Shame’ Reforms March 12, 2025 By Sinead Cruise Britain’s top financial regulators have scrapped proposed new rules to boost diversity and inclusion in the industry, and mothballed a...
British Drugmaker GSK Abandons Diversity Targets Following Trump Pressure February 28, 2025 By Maggie Fick British drugmaker GSK will no longer set diversity targets, it said on Thursday, as it became the latest company to...
EU Mounts Major Retreat From ESG Agenda Amid Fierce Backlash February 25, 2025 By John Ainger and Frances Schwartzkopff The European Union is about to walk back significant chunks of planned ESG regulations, amid a barrage of complaints that...
EU Plans to Walk Back Key Planks of Toughest ESG Legislation February 24, 2025 By Frances Schwartzkopff and John Ainger The European Commission is proposing a significant watering down of what was arguably its most consequential piece of ESG regulation....
Climate Goals Still Make Business Sense, Rio Tinto CEO Says February 21, 2025 By David Stringer Rio Tinto Group, the world’s second-largest mining company and a major polluter, came out in support of corporate efforts to...
New UK-Based Climate Group Emerges as Banks Retreat February 20, 2025 By Natasha White It was a dank, drizzly February evening when about 120 people gathered in the brightly lit art gallery of London’s...
EU Weighs Easing Corporate Liability Under Toughest ESG Law February 12, 2025 By John Ainger The European Union is reviewing the extent to which companies can be held liable for environmental and human rights breaches...