Update: Auditors Get Tougher Guidelines on Judging Firms’ Environmental Claims January 27, 2025 By Simon Jessop and Virginia Furness International auditors have been given new guidance on what to check when assessing firms’ environmental, social and governance claims –...
EU Is Set to Shrink ESG Reporting Rules Amid French Demands January 22, 2025 By Frances Schwartzkopff The European Union is set to scale back its highly contested ESG reporting requirements, as France prepares to unveil a...
EU Bank Regulator Tightens ESG Rules as Climate Risk Grows January 9, 2025 Europe’s financial regulator for banks said lenders in the bloc must regularly and comprehensively measure ESG risks, in new guidelines...
Global Temperature Set to Surpass 1.5C Threshold in Hottest Year on Record December 9, 2024 By Olivia Rudgard This year is “effectively certain” to be the warmest on record with temperatures climbing above a closely watched threshold for...
EU Seeks to Streamline ESG Regulations Amid Growing Backlash November 26, 2024 By Frances Schwartzkopff The next European Commission will urgently seek to streamline the bloc’s many environmental, social and governance rules, as it responds...
Crisis-Era Regulation Has ‘Gone Too Far,’ Reeves Tells Finance Sector November 15, 2024 By Sinead Cruise Finance minister Rachel Reeves on Thursday promised a reboot of regulation governing Britain’s “crown jewel” financial industry which she said...
Vanguard Investments Fined for Greenwashing as Australia Eyes ESG Claims September 25, 2024 By Amy Bainbridge Australia’s federal court has fined Vanguard Investments Australia Ltd. A$12.9 million ($8.9 million) for making misleading claims about a fund,...
Net Zero’s Carbon Removal Conundrum August 19, 2024 By Alastair Marsh To achieve net-zero emissions, where emissions and removals of greenhouse gas pollution balance each other out, governments and corporations must...
EU Markets Watchdog Signals a Hard Line on New ESG Disclosures July 9, 2024 By Frances Schwartzkopff Europe’s financial markets watchdog said companies shouldn’t anticipate that the complexity of new ESG reporting requirements will excuse sloppy disclosures....
Right-Wing Political Tilt in Countries Across Globe Will Not Derail Climate Action July 2, 2024 By Simon Jessop, Susanna Twidale and Virginia Furness A political tilt to the right in Europe and a potential Trump presidency in the U.S. will not derail climate...