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    Novisto Raises $27 Million to Power ESG Reporting for Global Enterprises

    2025-05-20

    Tech Funding News: The EU’s recent Omnibus package aims to streamline requirements for the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and related frameworks amid green policy uncertainty. 

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    Sustainability Funds Cross €6 Trillion, Shows Maples Analysis

    2025-05-12

    Funds Europe: Sustainability-focused funds in Europe have surpassed €6 trillion in assets, according to law firm Maples Group’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) impact analysis, revealing a 24% rise in such funds across Ireland and Luxembourg in 2024.

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    German Chancellor Pushes EU to Scrap Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Law

    2025-05-12

    ESG News: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has publicly urged the European Union to cancel its Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), signaling a potential reversal in Europe’s approach to ESG regulation.

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    ECB Warns EU Against Removing 80% of Companies from Mandatory Sustainability Reporting

    2025-05-12

    ESG Today: The European Central Bank (ECB) released a new opinion on the European Commission’s proposals to simplify and reduce sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements for companies.

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    EU Investors Warn Against Deep Data Cuts In Green Rules Review

    2025-05-09

    Global Banking and Finance Review: A political push to pare back EU sustainability regulations must not mean losing information on material risks or force investors to rely more heavily on third-party data providers, Europe's main asset management trade group said.

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    ESMA Releases Proposed Rules for Regulation of ESG Ratings Providers

    2025-05-02

    ESG Today: EU markets regulator the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) announced the publication of its draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) under the EU’s ESG Rating Regulation, setting out its proposed rules for ESG ratings providers.

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    Swiss Central Bank Faces Environmental Protests Over Investments

    2025-04-25

    Yahoo Finance: Environmentalists protested at the Swiss National Bank's annual shareholder meeting, urging the central bank to divest from companies they say contribute to environmental devastation in regions like the Amazon rainforest and Cerrado savanna.

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    ESMA Study Finds Adding ESG-Related Terms To Fund Names Increases Inflows

    2025-04-15

    Portfolio Adviser: Adding an ESG term to the name of a fund has “a significant impact” on fund inflows during the five quarters following the name change, according to the latest study published by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA).

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    Physical Climate Risk Tops Investor Threats, Research Shows

    2025-04-14

    Funds Europe: Physical climate risk continues to pose the most serious long-term threat to institutional investors, according to a 2025 climate scenarios study warning that “net zero by 2050 is no longer realistic.”

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    Germany’s New Coalition Government Eliminates Sustainability Due Diligence Law

    2025-04-10

    ESG Today: Germany’s conservative CDU and CSU parties and the center-left SPD announced a deal for the formation of a new government, and released a coalition agreement that includes the immediate elimination of Germany’s human rights and environmental supply chain due diligence law, the Supply Chain Act (LkSG).

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