BNN Bloomberg: Europe’s financial markets watchdog said companies shouldn’t anticipate that the complexity of new ESG reporting requirements will excuse sloppy disclosures.
Funds Europe: UK pension funds and insurers are showing a strong preference for diversification across renewable energy technologies, according to a survey.
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.
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.
Funds Europe: Only 40% of high emitting companies disclose and quantify the impacts of their decarbonisation actions, a study has found.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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