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ESG News: The EU Parliament has approved a provisional agreement with EU member states to scale back sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements for companies, marking one of the final legislative steps toward adoption of the Omnibus I package.
ESG Today: Netherlands-based pension fund pension fund manager PME Pensioenfonds announced a decision to end its relationship with BlackRock as a manager for its equity portfolio, following an ESG-focused review of its external asset managers.
ESG News: Global investors are entering a more demanding phase of sustainable finance, where climate risk is moving markets in real time, regulation is tightening but diverging, and technology is becoming central to investment decision-making.
ESG Today: Paris-based asset manager Eiffel Investment Group announced that it has raised €1.2 billion (USD$1.4 billion) for the third vintage of its energy transition infrastructure debt strategy, Eiffel Energy Transition III, closing at the fund’s hard cap and significantly surpassing its initial €1 billion target.
Funds Europe: For years, small and medium-sized enterprises were locked out of green lending. The entry barriers were high, and the paperwork overwhelming. Tokenisation is now dismantling this model by allowing projects to raise funds directly from investors through digital units of ownership.
Financial Post: Europe’s vision of a towering ESG framework that would become a gold standard for other jurisdictions across the globe has just come crashing down to earth. Against a backdrop of trade warnings from the US and sluggish competitiveness at home, the European Union has opted to dramatically scale back a rulebook intended to ensure companies adhere to environmental, social and governance standards.
Yahoo Finance: The European Union reached a deal to scale back its corporate sustainability laws, after months of pressure from companies and governments including the United States and Qatar.
ESG Today: The European Commission announced plans to invest up to €5.2 billion (USD$6.1 billion) in net zero technology, clean hydrogen and industrial decarbonization projects, using funds generated through its EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS).
ESG Today: EU Ombudsman Teresa Anjinho announced that she has found a series of shortcomings in the European Commission’s process to launch its “Omnibus” initiative to simplify and reduce corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements.
Portfolio Adviser: Investment commentators have largely welcomed the sweeping changes in last week’s SFDR draft proposal with “significant improvements” outlined for the disclosure framework and a new category system announced.
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