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To boost competitiveness, Europe proposes slashing key climate rules

Corporate Knights

We need to treat these developments as a call to action. RELATED Canadian investors stand firm on ESG despite greenhushing trend, report finds The anti-DEI movement confronts an unlikely opponent: big banks Meet the four most sustainable funds on the market for 2025 Deadlines to submit reports starting in 2026 will be pushed back to 2028.

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How the US Is Running Away with Green Investment

Chris Hall

With the looming Paris Agreement goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 43% by 2030, nations are adopting different approaches to stimulating their green economy and encouraging sustainable investment. The UK, meanwhile, is trailing behind in terms of green investment.

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A New Frontier for Green Investment

Chris Hall

Last year, China released the Development Plan for the Circular Economy which covers the period of 2021-25. The plan aims to further develop the country’s circular economy to be fully established by 2025, to increase resource productivity by 20%, and to reduce energy consumption and water consumption per unit of GDP by 13.5%

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Cascale, Worldly Host Climate Event, Mark Decarbonization Steps

3BL Media

He then shared four key components to the IDR, which include a standardized technical methodology, development of a facility carbon benchmark, funding and financing, and engagement and commitment. Shewakramani said doing good is a “competitive advantage” in terms of how the 49-year-old business looks at green investments.

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Support Emerges for Streamlining EU Taxonomy

Chris Hall

For small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the PSF has also developed simpler voluntary approaches to ease the compliance burden. The ambitious goal is to adopt these changes before the next wave of reports due in 2026.

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Take Five: Green Means Green

Chris Hall

It had previously been possible to launch an EU environmental opportunities fund, claiming Article 8 classification under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) , while allocating as little as 10% of assets to demonstrably green investments.

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Social Safeguards “Critical” to EU Taxonomy

Chris Hall

The environmental taxonomy must implement minimum safeguards to ensure the EU isn’t “closing its eyes to the social impacts of greening its economies”, according to Signe Andreasen Lysgaard, Strategic Advisor on Business and Human Rights at the Danish Institute for Human Rights. . Listed SMEs have until 2026. .