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      EU Markets Watchdog Signals a Hard Line on New ESG Disclosures

      2024-07-05

      BNN Bloomberg: Europe’s financial markets watchdog said companies shouldn’t anticipate that the complexity of new ESG reporting requirements will excuse sloppy disclosures.

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      UK Pension Funds and Insurers Favour Renewable Energy

      2024-07-05

      Funds Europe: UK pension funds and insurers are showing a strong preference for diversification across renewable energy technologies, according to a survey.

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      Swiss Government Allows Financial Sector to Self-Regulate Greenwashing Prevention

      2024-06-19

      ESG Today: Switzerland’s Federal Council announced today that it will hold off on regulating greenwashing in the financial sector, allowing instead for the industry to monitor itself, following progress made by the sector’s associations in developing and implementing self-regulatory provisions.

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      EU Regulators Propose Shake-Up of Sustainable Investment Labels

      2024-06-18

      U.S. News: European Union regulators proposed sweeping changes to the bloc's rules on labelling sustainable investments, to give investors simpler and clearer information and to stop "greenwashing" risks.

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      Just 40% of High Emitting Firms Disclose Impacts of Decarbonisation Actions

      2024-06-17

      Funds Europe: Only 40% of high emitting companies disclose and quantify the impacts of their decarbonisation actions, a study has found.

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      New EU Sustainable Fund Naming Rules Could Lead to $40 Billion Divestments: Morningstar

      2024-06-10

      ESG Today: Two-thirds of funds in the EU labelled with sustainable or ESG-related terms may need to sell assets or change their names to align with new anti-greenwashing rules, with stock divestments of as much as $40 billion if all were to keep their names, according to a new report released by investment research firm Morningstar.

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      EU Funds Face Fresh Pressure to Dump US Stocks Under New ESG Regulations

      2024-06-06

      BNN Bloomberg: The US stock market has emerged as the most exposed to divestment after the European Union unveiled new rules limiting how freely asset managers can attach ESG labels to their funds.

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      Barclays Says Blacklists Set to Grow With EU’s New ESG Fund Rule

      2024-05-31

      BNN Bloomberg: Analysts at Barclays Plc are warning that a growing number of stocks will be consigned to exclusion lists as new European Union rules for ESG funds are enforced.

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      Nearly Half of Sustainability-Labelled Funds May Have to Change Names to Meet New EU Anti-Greenwashing Rules: Clarity AI

      2024-05-30

      ESG Today: More than 40% of investment funds in the EU using ESG or sustainability-related labels may be required to change names or sell assets in order to meet new anti-greenwashing rules, according to a new analysis released by sustainability technology platform Clarity AI.

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      Europe’s Biggest Pension Fund Sells €10 Billion in Fossil Fuels

      2024-05-28

      BNN Bloomberg: Europe’s biggest pension fund, Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, has exited all liquid assets in oil, gas and coal worth about €10 billion ($10.8 billion), in an effort to be greener.

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