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The Guardian: Support for shareholder proposals aimed at tackling environmental and social risks hit a record low last year, figures show, amid a “worrying retreat” by investors, particularly in the US.
ESG Dive: A federal judge ruled that the Labor Department’s regulation allowing fiduciaries to consider ESG and other collateral factors as a tiebreaker does not violate the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, according to court documents.
ESG News: CFOs are prioritizing sustainability investments that provide clear, short-term financial and environmental benefits. The corporate shift towards sustainability is not just about compliance—it’s about value creation.
Yahoo Finance/Reuters: A federal judge in Texas upheld a rule adopted during Democratic former President Joe Biden's tenure that allows socially conscious investing by employee retirement plans, saying it remains valid even after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that curbed agencies' regulatory power.
ESG Today: Investment giant BlackRock announced the appointment of Louise Kooy-Henckel as EMEA Head of Sustainable and Transition Solutions. Based in London and reporting to Global Head of STS Helen Lees-Jones, responsible for leading the firm’s efforts in sustainable and transition investing in the EMEA region.
MSN: For more than a decade, money manager Garvin Jabusch would show a chart of the planet’s rising temperatures when pitching investment ideas to clients, saying they could help save the planet and still make money. These days, he no longer uses the chart and avoids talking about climate change.
ESG Today: Corporate boards in the U.S. see significant risk to their companies in speaking out on social issues, with less than a fifth of directors believing that they should encourage C-Suite leaders to speak publicly to reinforce company values, according to a new survey released by board education provider Corporate Board Member, GRC solutions provider Diligent, and advisory firm FTI Consulting.
ESG News: The 2025 CSRD Pulse Check Survey by Datamaran reveals a transformative shift in corporate sustainability governance. With ESG oversight moving into the boardroom, companies are embedding sustainability into decision-making structures like never before.
ESG Today: Australia-based financial services group Macquarie announced that it has decided to leave the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), expanding what had been a primarily North America-focused series of exits from the UN-backed coalition of banks dedicated to advancing global net zero goals through their financing activities.
ETF Stream: BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNP AM) has become the latest European ETF issuer to strip the ESG moniker from its S&P 500 ESG ETF after the EU and UK updated their fund naming guidelines to prevent greenwashing.
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