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ESG Today: The Government of Canada announced the appointment of the Canadian Climate Institute to lead the development of a new sustainable investment taxonomy, with plans for the initial categorization system to identify green and transition investments to be released by the end of 2026.
ESG Dive: The climate for sustainable investing in the U.S. became considerably more complicated in 2025, the report noted, as the government slashed Inflation Reduction Act clean energy and EV tax credits and, more recently, targeted proxy advisors for their potential consideration of ESG and DEI.
ESG Today: An increasing proportion of asset owners globally reported implementing sustainability considerations in their investment strategies over the past year, despite geopolitical headwinds, with investment performance and risk management increasingly emerging as top drivers for sustainable investing, according to a new survey released by index provider FTSE Russell.
Portfolio Adviser: Dominic Rowles has been promoted to head of ESG at Hargreaves Lansdown (HL) following the consolidation of two teams. The platform said following a re-calibration of accountabilities at exco, Emma Wall will be taking on SMF responsibility for ESG, consolidating ESG reporting, regulation and investment processes for HL as a business, employer, fund manager and platform.
ESG News: The EU Parliament has approved a provisional agreement with EU member states to scale back sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements for companies, marking one of the final legislative steps toward adoption of the Omnibus I package.
ESG Today: Netherlands-based pension fund pension fund manager PME Pensioenfonds announced a decision to end its relationship with BlackRock as a manager for its equity portfolio, following an ESG-focused review of its external asset managers.
Yahoo Finance: SBTi’s Power Sector Net-Zero Standard will update and replace a “Quick Start Guide for Electric Utilities,” released in 2020. The updates include “a broader set of activities and emission sources” in the standard’s scope and tailor criteria “to the industry’s unique emissions and operational realities,” according to the release.
ESG News: The UK Financial Conduct Authority has confirmed new appointments to its Sustainable Finance Advisory Committee, reinforcing the regulator’s push to strengthen governance, market credibility, and policy alignment as sustainable finance regulation becomes more complex and politically contested.
Business Wire: HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., a leading investor in sustainable infrastructure assets, and KKR, a leading global investment firm, announced that HASI and KKR have agreed to make an additional capital commitment of $500 million each for a combined total of $1 billion of new investment capacity into CarbonCount Holdings 1 LLC.
ESG News: The International Sustainability Standards Board has moved to ease one of the most contentious elements of climate reporting for financial institutions, rolling out targeted amendments to its IFRS S2 standard that narrow and clarify how financed emissions must be disclosed.
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