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    EU Investors Warn Against Deep Data Cuts In Green Rules Review

    2025-05-09

    Global Banking and Finance Review: A political push to pare back EU sustainability regulations must not mean losing information on material risks or force investors to rely more heavily on third-party data providers, Europe's main asset management trade group said.

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    How CSOs Should Use AI For Sustainability: KPMG’s US ESG Lead

    2025-05-08

    ESG Dive: As artificial intelligence adoption has increased over the past few years, companies have increasingly turned to the technology to aid their sustainability and ESG goals.

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    JP Morgan Creates New Green Banking Leadership Role

    2025-05-08

    Yahoo Finance: JP Morgan has bolstered its green finance and advisory offering in Europe with a new division head to support clients across renewable energy and green technology.

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    India Releases Draft Climate Finance Taxonomy to Drive Capital to Net Zero Goals

    2025-05-08

    ESG Today: India’s Ministry of Finance announced the release of a draft framework for its Climate Finance Taxonomy, its classification system for identifying sustainable economic activities aligned with its climate goals, aimed at enabling the facilitation of major capital flows required to support the net zero transition, while preventing greenwashing.

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    Euronext Rebrands ESG to Support Defense Listings and Bond Issuance Across Europe

    2025-05-07

    ESG News: Euronext’s announcement includes tailored financing tools, new bond listing efficiencies, and a revamped approach to ESG indices. This initiative comes amid growing pressure from EU leadership to scale up defence readiness and reduce dependence on U.S. arms.

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    Canada Banks Keep Climate Pledges As Rival RBC Drops Targets

    2025-05-07

    BNN Bloomberg: Royal Bank of Canada’s decision to drop its sustainable finance commitment has sparked speculation that other major Canadian players could quietly walk away from their own goals on climate-related lending, underwriting and advisory work.

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    State Street Launches Sustainability Engagement and Voting Service

    2025-05-07

    ESG Today: State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), one of the world’s largest investment managers, announced the launch of its new Sustainability Stewardship Service, offering institutional clients with the ability to follow a sustainability-focused engagement and proxy voting framework.

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    HSBC Pressed on Net Zero by $1.6 Trillion Investor Group at Annual Meeting

    2025-05-06

    Banking Dive: The British bank appointed Julian Wentzel — who has worked at HSBC for almost a decade — as its new chief sustainability officer in February.

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    ESMA Releases Proposed Rules for Regulation of ESG Ratings Providers

    2025-05-02

    ESG Today: EU markets regulator the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) announced the publication of its draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) under the EU’s ESG Rating Regulation, setting out its proposed rules for ESG ratings providers.

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    Bank of England Proposes Updated Climate Risk Expectations for UK Banks, Insurers

    2025-05-02

    ESG News: The Bank of England has issued new proposals to reinforce its climate-related supervisory expectations for banks and insurers, citing patchy progress and immature risk frameworks since its 2019 guidance. 

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