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ESG Today: The Government of Canada announced the appointment of the Canadian Climate Institute to lead the development of a new sustainable investment taxonomy, with plans for the initial categorization system to identify green and transition investments to be released by the end of 2026.
ESG Dive: The climate for sustainable investing in the U.S. became considerably more complicated in 2025, the report noted, as the government slashed Inflation Reduction Act clean energy and EV tax credits and, more recently, targeted proxy advisors for their potential consideration of ESG and DEI.
ESG Today: An increasing proportion of asset owners globally reported implementing sustainability considerations in their investment strategies over the past year, despite geopolitical headwinds, with investment performance and risk management increasingly emerging as top drivers for sustainable investing, according to a new survey released by index provider FTSE Russell.
Business Wire: HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., a leading investor in sustainable infrastructure assets, and KKR, a leading global investment firm, announced that HASI and KKR have agreed to make an additional capital commitment of $500 million each for a combined total of $1 billion of new investment capacity into CarbonCount Holdings 1 LLC.
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 Dive: The lawsuit alleged discrimination based on perceived political affiliations, discrimination based on advocacy or perceived advocacy for protected racial and/or gender groups and race and/or gender discrimination.
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.
Top1000 Funds: The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) will reduce signatories’ responsibilities in their annual mandatory reporting, as the UN-backed body looks to stay relevant amid a surge of new responsible investment codes and standards.
ESG News: New York City Comptroller Brad Lander has urged the trustees of the city’s three major pension systems to sever ties with BlackRock, Fidelity, and PanAgora after concluding the firms’ climate stewardship plans fall short of the systems’ net-zero requirements.
Wealth Professional: Canada’s responsible investing sector continues to evolve even as growth expectations ease and the pressure of global anti-ESG backlash rises.
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