Feb
29
SEC to vote on watered down climate disclosure rule next week
The Commission is said to have removed Scope 3 emissions from its final draft.
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Melodie Michel
Melodie is chief reporter at CSO Futures. After writing about finance and trade for more than a decade, she completed a master's degree in CSR to hone her skills as a sustainability journalist.
Feb
29
HSBC puts focus on sustainability execution after board criticism
The bank was asked to “better define core areas of the group’s sustainability execution programme", including accountability and governance.
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Feb
28
CSDDD: Back to the drawing board after EU Council rejects draft
"There is still time for member states to get their act together and to stop blocking this law. But that time is rapidly running out."
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Feb
28
Collaboration around Scope 3 mitigation is crucial to meet shared climate goals
"Addressing Scope 1 and 2 emissions without Scope 3 reflects short-term thinking..."
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Feb
27
EU Parliament adopts Nature Restoration Law
The law now has to be adopted by the EU Council before entering into force.
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Feb
27
CSDDD vote: Make-or-break week for EU due diligence directive
It’s unclear whether advocates of the bill have managed to garner sufficient support during the hiatus.
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Feb
26
CBAM will bring only minimal emissions reduction, ADB warns
ADB found that CBAM will reduce global emissions by just 0.2% more than a regular emissions trading scheme.
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Feb
23
SEC said to have removed Scope 3 requirement from climate rule
The agency received 16,000 comments on its initial draft, and that the majority of them opposed Scope 3 reporting.
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Feb
22
CSO Futures Weekly: Bumps in the road and existential questions
Sustainable finance's persistent data and commitment issues, Mike Berners-Lee's existential questions and more...
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Feb
22
World’s biggest emitters still fail to disclose climate-related business risks
The companies analysed include oil and gas majors such as BP, Chevron and TotalEnergies, as well as airlines, miners and large manufacturers.
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