ESG Today: More than three quarters of Paris-based global bank BNP Paribas’ financing of energy production in 2024 was directed to low carbon energies, according to figures released with the bank’s annual results.
Yahoo Finance: Hedge funds are seizing the rising tide of opposition to European ESG rules as an opportunity to seek exemptions from some environmental, social and governance reporting requirements.
MSN: Norway's wealth fund will continue to raise environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues with the companies it is invested in, including with Big Tech, despite a backlash against ESG, a top fund official said.
Yahoo Finance: A group of investors representing €6.6 trillion ($6.8 trillion) of assets is calling on European officials not to cave in to mounting pressure to scale back the bloc’s ESG regulations.
ESG News: A climate financing fund launched by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) has finalized its size at €450 million with a recent €20 million contribution from Germany’s Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW).
Yahoo Finance: The European Union is facing mounting pressure to scale back its highly contested ESG reporting requirements, as France prepares to unveil a formal proposal seeking to limit the scope of the regulatory framework.
Funds Europe: Two funds of asset manager T. Rowe Price have been approved to carry the Sustainability Impact label under the UK’s Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) regime.
BNN Bloomberg: Some of France’s largest companies, including Amundi SA and Electricite de France SA, have signed a letter to European policymakers urging them to ensure the bloc sticks with its current timetable for implementing ESG reporting rules.
Funds Europe: Deepki, an ESG solution platform for real estate, has launched an AI-driven solution to help accelerate the decarbonisation of real estate portfolios. The tool, designed for commercial real estate owners, investors, and managers, helps them identify and prioritise capital expenditures that enhance asset value and align with net-zero goals.
Investing.com: Xtrackers (IE) plc, the Dublin-registered investment company, has informed shareholders that as of February 3, 2025, the reference indexes for several of its exchange-traded funds (ETFs) will undergo name changes.
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