New Rules Will Force U.S. Firms to Divulge Their Role in Warming the Planet

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By Evan Halper and Maxine Joselow, Washington Post The Securities and Exchange Commission votes 3-2 to require companies to disclose their emissions and the climate risks they face Corporations will have to share key details about their role in driving climate change and the threat that warming poses to their …

Exclusive: UN-backed Bank Group Seeks to Avoid Departures with New Climate Guidelines

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By Simon Jessop, Isla Binnie, and Tommy Wilkes, Reuters LONDON/NEW YORK, March 5 (Reuters) – A United Nations-backed alliance of banks is proposing its members disclose more information on their commitments to tackle climate change without requiring them to coordinate action, in a compromise it hopes will prevent departures, according …

US Regulator Drops Some Emissions Disclosure Requirements From Draft Climate Rules

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By Chris Prentice, Isla Binnie, Jarret Renshaw, and Douglas Gillison, Reuters Feb 22 (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has removed some of its most ambitious greenhouse gas emission disclosure requirements from corporate climate risk rules it is preparing to adopt, people familiar with the matter said …

Blue is the Next Green: Bonds Financing Water Conservation Projects are Approaching a ‘Tipping Point’

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By Aruni Soni, Business Insider The market for bonds financing water conservation projects is approaching a “tipping point.” The market is small, just about $5 billion, but it’s seeing more enthusiasm than the early green bond market.  “There’s a pretty strong economic argument to be made for investing in those …

The Global 100 List: How the World’s Most Sustainable Corporations are Driving the Green Transition

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By Shawn Mccarthy, Corporate Knights Now in its 20th year, the Global 100 ranking reveals that corporate leaders ?are pouring more of their revenues into sustainable investments than ever As 2023 came to a close, the World Meteorological Organization declared it to be the hottest year on record. One week …

Four Trends Shaping Sustainable Finance’s Future in 2024

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By Eugene Ellmen, Corporate Knights Will banks keep cheerleading fossil fuels while renewable stocks make a comeback? Eugene Ellmen shares his finance forecast. Temperature records were broken month after month in 2023, pushing governments around the globe to promise to triple their renewable-energy capacity and transition away from fossil fuels …