
Portfolio Adviser: Nine of Columbia Threadneedle Investments funds across global equities, UK equities and multi-asset have received approval for ‘Sustainability Focus’ labels under the Financial Conduct Authority’s Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR).
ESG News: With mandatory sustainability reporting on the horizon, KPMG’s latest survey reveals a remarkable surge in global businesses integrating ESG practices into their operations. Carbon reduction targets, sustainability leadership roles, and biodiversity reporting are becoming mainstream practices among the world’s largest companies.
Funds Europe: The Investment Association (IA), the industry group for the UK’s asset management sector, in collaboration with the Thinking Ahead Institute, a non-profit network advancing sustainable investing for global savers, has published its second culture, talent and inclusion report: A Demographic Snapshot of the Industry.
BNN Bloomberg: The next European Commission will urgently seek to streamline the bloc’s many environmental, social and governance rules, as it responds to complaints that excessive regulations are gutting industry competitiveness.
Yahoo News: President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the energy department believes fossil fuels are the key to ending world poverty which, he says, is a greater problem than climate change's "distant" threat, according to a report he penned as CEO of oilfield services company Liberty Energy.
ESG Today: HSBC Hong Kong, Cathay Pacific and biofuels platform EcoCeres announced a new initiative aimed at helping to decarbonize air travel by supporting the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Hong Kong.
ESG News: At COP, Societe Generale reaffirmed its commitment to advancing the environmental transition. The bank’s new €500 billion sustainable finance target for 2024–2030 includes €400 billion in financing and advisory and €100 billion in sustainable bonds.
Portfolio Adviser: Global climate funds are on track to experience their first year of outflows on record, with near $24bn (£19bn) in redemptions from January to September, according to Morningstar’s Sustainalytics report.
BNN Bloomberg: Exxon Mobil Corp. once appeared to be the biggest corporate casualty of the ESG movement. An activist investor forced Exxon to replace a quarter of its board in 2021, largely because of the Texas oil giant’s inadequate plan for the energy transition.
ESG News: The Council of the European Union has approved a groundbreaking regulation to enhance the transparency, consistency, and comparability of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings.
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