Crown Agents Bank Head of ESG Charlie Bronks: āYou canāt make money from sustainability unless you have it embedded at the coreā
Bronks has made it her 2025 priority to āfocus on the commercial linkā.
EU Clean Industrial Deal sparks mixed reactions
āAlthough it is certainly industrial, it is far from clean.ā
Climate experts predict net zero delay, but remain optimistic
The IPR 2025 Transition Forecast suggests a 67% probability of limiting global warming to 2Ā°C or below.
Consumers sue Apple over carbon-neutral watch claim
"The deceptive marketing distorted the marketplace by falsely differentiating Appleās products on environmental grounds."
EU Clean Industrial Deal: ā¬100bn to accelerate green manufacturing
Sustainability criteria in public procurement, carbon intensity label and a 24% circularity target.
EU confirms dramatic cuts in sustainability reporting requirements
"Full-scale deregulation designed to dismantle corporate accountability."
Nature finance talks resume in Rome to deliver Global Biodiversity Framework
"New and additional finance needs to touch the ground for both nature and people.ā
Standard Chartered sustainable finance income up 36% in 2024
āThe opportunity to finance the transition to a low-carbon economy is more compelling and crucial than ever."
Number of UK businesses targeting net zero by 2030 has nearly doubled
80% of companies plan to increase investment in energy management over the next year.
Anti-ESG pushback: a chance for sustainable finance to grow into its own
Watering down sustainability regulations means losing an important lever for sustainable finance ā but other crucial drivers remain intact.
BBVA more than doubles sustainable finance goal for next five years
The Spanish bank linked pay incentives to its previous ā¬300bn sustainable finance goal, and met it a year ahead of schedule.
Leaked EU Omnibus draft cuts number of firms within CSRD scope tenfold
"A devastating blow to the European Green Deal."
