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2025 Global 100 list: World's most sustainable companies are still betting on a greener world

Corporate Knights

Corporate Knights Global 100 ranking of the worlds most sustainable firms, now in its 21st year, shows that the top firms continue to increase their investment in the green transition. Were finding that growth in sustainable revenues is outpacing all other revenues, says Toby Heaps, co-founder and CEO of Corporate Knights.

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The Global 100 list: How the world’s most sustainable corporations are driving the green transition

Corporate Knights

Skip to ranking BY Shawn McCarthy January 17, 2024 As 2023 came to a close, the World Meteorological Organization declared it to be the hottest year on record. In the 2024 Global 100 ranking, the top-ranked firms allocated 55% of their investments to sustainable projects, up from 47% the year prior.

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EU Platform on Sustainable Finance Releases Proposals to Reduce EU Taxonomy Reporting Burden by a Third

ESG Today

The EU Taxonomy is part of the EU Action Plan on Sustainable Finance, establishing a classification system enabling the categorization of economic activities that play key roles in contributing to at least one of six defined environmental objectives, and that Do No Significant Harm (DNSH) to the other objectives.in

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To boost competitiveness, Europe proposes slashing key climate rules

Corporate Knights

Drastic changes to the scope of sustainability reporting rules will limit investor access to comparable and reliable sustainability data, said Aleksandra Palinska, executive director at the European Sustainable Investment Forum, Europes umbrella network for sustainable finance, in a press release.

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Investment Flows into Transition-Focused Funds Doubles Green Funds: ESMA

ESG Today

In its semi-annual Trends, Risks and Vulnerabilities (TRV) report, ESMA notes the need for “significant public and private sector financing” to achieve the EU Green Deal objectives and support the green transformation of the economy. leading to increasing caution towards ESG investing and shareholder engagement.

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Support Emerges for Streamlining EU Taxonomy

Chris Hall

Another issue raised in the report is the need for financial institutionsto get to grips with the green asset ratio (GAR) and green investment ratio (GIR), both of which aim to quantify the proportion of sustainable investments in investment portfolios.

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Morningstar Sustainalytics Launches Solutions to Support CSRD, EU Taxonomy Compliance and Reporting

ESG Today

Based on new underlying European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), the CSRD introduces more detailed reporting requirements on company impacts on the environment, human rights and social standards and sustainability-related risk.