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Influential sustainable investment bodies call on EU legislators to ramp up incoming corporate disclosure rules, particularly for companies making 2050 net-zero commitments.
ESG round-up: European companies’ Paris alignment on lobbying not reflected by industry associations
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Bharat Electronics and Elbit Systems are also amongst excluded companies.
Companies must be held to account for lobbying, while investors should not rely on carbon capture, say market participants.
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The latest ESG movers and shakers: NY State Dept of Financial Services is hiring catastrophe and physical climate specialist, Amanda Blanc appointed WWF ambassador.
Treasury-backed framework is based on its European counterpart.
The group – comprising PGGM, NN Investment Partners and MN, among others – plans to convene investors to discuss the green transition in summer 2022.
Move will protect client investments from climate risk and encourage industry to move at a faster pace, LCP claims.
Head of global regulatory body talks to Responsible Investor about ISSB, regulation and why better corporate reporting is the key to stopping greenwashing.