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    EIB, Societe Generale Launch $288 Million Cleantech Financing Plan

    2025-11-20

    ESG News: The European Investment Bank and Societe Generale have agreed to a new cooperation framework aimed at expanding financing for Europe’s fast-growing cleantech manufacturers. 

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    EU Parliament Votes To Cut ESG Regulations Amid US Pressure

    2025-11-13

    Yahoo Finance: The European Parliament has voted to dramatically wind back the bloc’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) rules following intense pressure from US business associations and state attorneys general.

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    ECB Fines ABANCA For Noncompliance With Climate Decision

    2025-11-11

    MSN/Reuters: The European Central Bank fined Spanish lender ABANCA Corporación Bancaria for failing to comply with its decision on climate-related and environmental risks, it said.

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    Transition Funds Drive Record Climate Assets

    2025-11-10

    Funds Europe: Global assets in open-end funds and ETFs with a climate-related mandate reached a record high of $644 billion in June 2025, up 8.5% from the end of last year, according to Morningstar’s data.

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    SFDR 2.0 Leak Reveals Potential Removal of Article 8/9 Labels

    2025-11-10

    Portfolio Adviser: A leaked draft of the European Commission proposals for SFDR 2.0 has revealed plans to remove Article 8 and 9 labels in favour of three product categories.

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    Managers Are Losing Europe Mandates Over ESG, FHI CEO Says

    2025-11-06

    Financial Post: Money managers that retreat from sustainable investment pledges are increasingly being turned away when they pitch themselves to major asset owners in Europe, according to the chief executive of Federated Hermes Inc.

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    Global Hedge Fund Industry Takes On ESG Rules Across Europe

    2025-11-05

    Financial Post: The hedge fund industry is lobbying hard to ensure the UK excludes it from new climate regulations, after prevailing in a similar campaign in the European Union.

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    MUFG, GCF-backed Climate Adaptation Blended Finance Fund Raises $600 Million

    2025-11-03

    ESG Today: The GAIA Climate Loan Fund, co-founded by MUFG Bank, FinDev Canada and the Green Climate Fund, announced that it has raised $600 million in commitments at its first close, with proceeds to be used to fund loans primarily for climate adaptation projects in climate-vulnerable markets.

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    Fidelity International Launches New Paris-Aligned Active Equity ETF

    2025-10-30

    ESG Today: Investment management firm Fidelity International announced the launch of the Fidelity Global Equity Research Enhanced PAB UCITS ETF, a new fund aimed at investing in global equities to achieve income and capital growth.

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    ESMA Targets Cybersecurity, ESG Disclosure

    2025-10-24

    Investment Executive: Cyber risk and digital resilience will top the European securities regulators’ compliance priorities in 2026, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) said.

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