ESG News

Viele Menschen wollen ihre Geldanlage mit einem guten Gewissen verbinden. Doch nicht alle Fonds mit „ESG“ oder „nachhaltig“ im Namen lösen dieses Versprechen auch ein. Bislang gibt es aber nur wenig Sanktionen wegen Greenwashing.

Die EU-Richtlinie zur nichtfinanziellen Berichterstattung verpflichtet Unternehmen, transparent über ihre ESG-Aktivitäten zu berichten. Was fällt unter diese Richtlinie, welche Herausforderungen sind damit verbunden und wie können Unternehmen das Thema effizient angehen?

The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) and the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) announced the publication of the TNFD-ESRS Correspondence Mapping, aimed at helping companies disclosing nature and biodiversity-related information understand the commonalities between the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) and the TNFD’s disclosure recommendations. Tony Goldner, Executive Director of TNFD, said:

Global food and beverage company Nestlé announced today the launch of the Nestlé Sustainably Sourced chocolate range in its travel retail channel, offering consumers in airports around the world with chocolate products made with sustainably sourced cocoa. The cocoa supply chain is faced with a series of sustainability related challenges, ranging from extreme farmer poverty […]

The Government of Australia’s Treasury department announced today the release of its Sustainable Finance Roadmap, outlining its plans to develop and reform financial markets to support the mobilization of private capital needed to finance the transition to a net zero economy, with key priorities including instituting mandatory climate-relating reporting, establishing a sustainable finance taxonomy, and […]

Europe’s three primary financial regulatory agencies, the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs), announced the publication of a new assessment of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), proposing a series of changes and updates to the regulation, including the introduction of new “Sustainable” and “Transition” categories for financial products such as investment funds, life insurance and pension […]

Zwei Drittel erwarten, dass das Volumen nachhaltiger Investments in den kommenden zwölf Monaten steigt. Dies geht aus der diesjährigen Nachhaltigkeitsstudie von Union Investment hervor, für die knapp 200 institutionelle Investoren in Deutschland mit einem verwalteten Vermögen von rund sechs Billionen Euro befragt worden sind.