14 May, 2021
The UK government has formally committed to investment in green business and to setting binding environmental targets.
In the Queen’s Speech, an annual address to mark the opening …
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14 May, 2021
New rules forcing asset managers and other financial services providers to disclose climate change risks will come into force later this year, the UK regulator has said.
Under proposals set out …
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14 May, 2021
China currently accounts for almost 28% of global carbon emissions, almost double the emissions of the United States. In accordance with international trends, most of China’s emissions are generated by …
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7 May, 2021
Businesses and investors in Germany are facing a fresh wave of environmental regulation after the government unveiled a new sustainable investment strategy just weeks after the EU announced its own far-reaching …
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7 May, 2021
The US Department of Labor is set to formally abandon Trump-era plans to introduce anti-ESG legislation, and will engage with stakeholders to introduce new rules.
Ali Khawar, acting assistant secretary for the Employee Benefits Security …
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7 May, 2021
New Policy Vision sets high expectations for the UK as minister urges asset managers to step up their engagement.
The UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) has urged …
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April 30, 2021
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said the US is ready to rejoin the fight against climate change “after sitting on the sidelines for four years”.
Yellen gave her backing to climate change initiatives such …
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April 23 2021
The financial services sector needs to “rethink our prescriptive approach” to environmental and societal problems, according to a leading US regulator.
Hester Peirce, a commissioner at the Securities and …
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The Charity Commission has re-issued guidance to charity trustees to end confusion over expectations for ethical or responsible investment.
Charity trustees had raised concerns over the clarity of the commission’s existing rules. Some said their overriding legal duty was …
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President Joe Biden will order US financial firms to disclose the climate-change risks of their investments, adding to the wave of global regulation on climate and investment.
The plan was announced on 7 April by US climate envoy John Kerry. …
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