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ESG News: The world’s largest companies have resumed setting value-chain net zero goals after a pause last year, even as political divisions around climate policy deepen. New analysis from Accenture shows that corporate ambition is once again rising across regions, including North America where momentum had stalled.
ESG Today: Sustainability-focused investment manager Mirova announced that it has invested $30 million in a soil-based carbon project in India by project developer Varaha, focused on supporting smallholder farmers in implementing regenerative agricultural practices.
Yahoo Finance: The European Parliament has voted to dramatically wind back the bloc’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) rules following intense pressure from US business associations and state attorneys general.
ESG Today: The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (HKSAR) announced the pricing of HK$10 billion (USD$1.3 billion) of digital green bonds, marking the largest-ever digital bond issuance in the world to date.
Yahoo Finance: HSBC’s new net-zero strategy comes in a year where — in addition to delaying its net-zero goal — the company has shifted leadership of its sustainability program and departed the United Nations-aligned Net-Zero Banking Alliance, which has since ceased its membership-based model.
MSN/Reuters: The European Central Bank fined Spanish lender ABANCA Corporación Bancaria for failing to comply with its decision on climate-related and environmental risks, it said.
Funds Europe: Global assets in open-end funds and ETFs with a climate-related mandate reached a record high of $644 billion in June 2025, up 8.5% from the end of last year, according to Morningstar’s data.
Portfolio Adviser: A leaked draft of the European Commission proposals for SFDR 2.0 has revealed plans to remove Article 8 and 9 labels in favour of three product categories.
ESG Today: The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) announced the release of its updated draft Corporate Net-Zero Standard V2, its planned update to its key standard to assess, certify and track companies’ decarbonization commitments to achieve net zero emissions and to support science-based climate target setting.
ESG News: The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has released the second draft of its Corporate Net-Zero Standard Version 2, opening a new round of consultation to refine the global benchmark for corporate climate action.
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