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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today

This week in ESG news: Canada to require oil & gas industry to slash emissions; California’s climate reporting law survives legal challenge; Mizuho invests in climate solutions provider Pollination; new clean energy deals signed by H&M, Meta, Saint-Gobain; incoming EU finance Commissioner calls for sustainable investment labels, reduced SFDR (..)

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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements Microsoft Purchases Carbon Credits Helping U.S.

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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today

Unilever Launches Sustainable Laundry Capsule with Reduced Carbon, Plastic Footprint. Sobeys Parent Empire Commits to Net Zero Goals. AllianceBernstein Commits to Net Zero Investments and Operations. Nestlé Opens $340 Million Green Electricity-Powered, Zero Wastewater Coffee Factory in Mexico. Exec Moves.

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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today

This week in ESG news: Deloitte study finds over 70% of companies have abandoned M&A deals over ESG concerns; CDP launches new sustainability reporting platform; EU regulators call for action on greenwashing in financial sector; H&M warns against use of carbon credits in corporate net zero plans; Climeworks unveils carbon removal tech breakthrough; (..)

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UK Regulator FCA Launches ESG Committee

ESG Today

The launch of the committee marks the latest in a series of ESG-focused moves for the regulator, since the release of its ESG strategy late last year , setting out the regulator’s role in supporting the financial sector to drive positive change and contribute to the net zero transition.

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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today

This week in ESG news: BNP Paribas faces first-ever commercial bank climate lawsuit; HSBC unveils new financed emissions goals; Republicans urge Congress to block ESG investing rule; Allianz to vote against companies who don’t tie pay to ESG goals; United Airlines launches venture fund for sustainable aviation fuel startups; India proposes ESG investing (..)

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VCM Code of Practice Launches, with Google, Unilever and Hitachi on Board

Chris Hall

With Google, Unilever and Hitachi among those already signed up to road-test the provisional code, VCMI is hoping more businesses will take up what it calls a globally standardised benchmark when using carbon credits as part of their net zero strategies. . Market-based solutions are critical to reducing emissions.