Banks, Insurers Temporarily Dodge Full Impact of EU’s Harshest ESG Law to Date December 19, 2023 By Frances Schwartzkopff The finance industry will be shielded from the full scope of the European Union’s most consequential piece of ESG legislation...
UK to Probe Unilever’s Environmental Claims as Part of Greenwashing Crackdown December 12, 2023 Britain’s competition watchdog said on Tuesday it would scrutinize environmental claims made by UK consumer goods giant Unilever about certain...
Banks, Insurers May Escape EU’s Toughest ESG Regulation So Far November 14, 2023 By Frances Schwartzkopff Banks, asset managers and other financial firms have won a reprieve from Europe’s most consequential ESG regulation to date, as...
Biggest Polluting Firms Failing on Short-Term Emissions Goals: Investor Pressure Group October 20, 2023 By Tommy Wilkes and Simon Jessop Fewer than one in five of the world’s biggest polluting companies have short-term emissions reductions targets in line with keeping...
UK Financial Watchdog Says Some Funds Mislead Investors With ESG Label October 19, 2023 Britain’s financial watchdog said on Thursday it was having to “push back” against some investment funds that misleadingly attempt to...
Net-Zero Investor Group Reports Financing Activities Lead to Emissions Decline October 18, 2023 By Alastair Marsh A $9.5 trillion investor group that includes Allianz SE, Legal & General Plc and the California Public Employees’ Retirement System...
Banks Told to Review Clients in Historic ESG Crackdown in EU October 17, 2023 By Frances Schwartzkopff Banks in Europe will need to adjust the risk assessments they conduct of their clients to reflect new ESG requirements...
Banks in EU Get World’s First ESG-Related Rewrite of Capital Rules October 13, 2023 By Frances Schwartzkopff In a global first, Europe’s main bank regulator is revising the framework that sets capital requirements so that lenders reflect...
Three-Quarters of Firms Globally Are Not Ready for New ESG Rules: KPMG Report September 26, 2023 Three-quarters of companies globally are not ready to have their environmental, social and governance (ESG) data audited externally months before...
Swiss Re Ordered to Pay Former Underwriter $1.6M for Sexism, Unfair Dismissal August 25, 2023 A former Swiss Re underwriter has been awarded nearly 1.3 million pounds ($1.6 million) by a London employment tribunal for...