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ESG News: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has formally withdrawn two proposed rules central to the Biden-era ESG regulatory agenda—one requiring enhanced ESG disclosures from investment advisers, and another revising the shareholder proposal and resubmission process.
CBC: Some corporate leaders say new anti-greenwashing legislation has had the unintended effect of dissuading companies from taking climate action. But environmental organizations and others say that's a cop out.
Business Wire: KKR, a leading global investment firm, announced the signing of definitive agreements to acquire Zenith Energy (“Zenith” or the “Company”), a leading independent power producer (“IPP”), from a consortium including Pacific Equity Partners, OPSEU Pension Trust (“OPTrust”), and Foresight Group (together the “Consortium”), with Zenith’s founder and management retaining a minority stake.
ESG Dive: The Science Based Targets initiative, an organization that validates that corporate sustainability goals align with leading climate science, released a draft revision of its Corporate Net-Zero Standard this spring that proposed substantial changes to the scope of the prior framework for setting climate targets.
ESG Today: Most investors globally are shifting focus outside of the U.S. to find climate-related investment opportunities following the election of Donald Trump, and expect the new administration’s policies to negatively impact global net zero progress and their own portfolio decarbonization goals, according to a new survey released by international asset manager Robeco.
ESG Dive: Gaurav Raniwala, global renewable energy leader at GE Vernova, said that financing had previously relied on the tax equity market, which “was limited in capacity. The industry wanted to be bigger.”
MSN/Reuters: A lawyer for BlackRock said that Republican states' claim that asset managers violated antitrust law through industry climate groups was not "plausible," as the firms pressed to have the case dismissed.
ESG Today: Canada’s Competition Bureau announced the release of its final guidelines on environmental claims, aimed at helping companies to comply with new anti-greenwashing laws when making claims about the environmental benefits or attributes of products or businesses.
Benefits Canada: Institutional investors are moving away from standard environmental, social and governance factors, according to a new report by Morningstar Inc.
Green Central Banking: The administration of US president Donald Trump has announced that it plans to overturn a rule that allows pension funds to consider ESG factors when making investment decisions and exercising shareholder voting rights.
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