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SEC poised to unveil hotly anticipated climate rule
29 February 2024The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is to unveil its hotly anticipated climate rule next week, when commissioners will vote on adoption of the file.
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CSDDD not dead yet, with Council still negotiating, MEP says
29 February 2024 -
ICMA working group considering including avoided emissions in bond, loan principles
28 February 2024The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has set up a working group to consider including 'avoided emissions' in principles for sustainability bonds and loans.
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EU due diligence rules 'back to square one' as countries reject text
28 February 2024The EU's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) is in peril after EU member states voted down the latest text, forcing it back to the European Parliament just three months before the end of its mandate.
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Indonesian taxonomy 'muddies the waters' with inclusion of coal
27 February 2024 -
Philippines publishes sustainable finance taxonomy
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Support CSDDD to save lives, expert group urges German government
27 February 2024 -
SEC dropping Scope 3 disclosure requirement will not prevent legal action, lawyer warns
26 February 2024The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)'s reported plan to drop a requirement that would require publicly listed companies to disclose value chain emissions will not protect the government agency from legal action, a lawyer has said.
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Investors have 'sleepless nights' over net zero targets tied to estimated data
26 February 2024Institutional investors lose sleep over net zero targets for which progress reporting is tied to huge volumes of estimated data, particularly data relating to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from a company's value chain, a conference heard.
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Dutch banks begin using 'first' ESG-themed valuation framework for real estate
26 February 2024ABN Amro, ING and Rabobank are among banks starting to use an updated, 'first-of-its-kind' framework for valuing real estate which covers sustainability factors including climate risk.