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Am 16. Januar 2023 ist die Stellungnahmefrist zur Konsultation der EU-Behörden zu Greenwashing ausgelaufen. Dazu sagt ein Sprecher des deutschen Fondsverbands BVI: „Wir begrüßen die Anstrengungen der EU-Behörden, gegen Grünfärberei vorzugehen. Angesichts der vielen offenen Fragen zur Auslegung der EU-Regulierung ist der aktuelle Fokus auf eine breit angelegte Marktuntersuchung zu Verdachtsfällen aus unserer Sicht jedoch […]

Immerhin, zum Ende eines schwierigen Jahres sind im Bereich der Klimapolitik zwei Durchbrüche gelungen: Die europäische Einigung auf eine Reform des EU-Emissionshandels und auf einen CO2-Grenzausgleichsmechanismus sowie die Einrichtung eines Klimaclubs durch die G7.

The boardrooms of companies worldwide are wrestling with the net zero conundrum, with an increasing number announcing bold carbon reduction targets while lacking a detailed action plan to get there. In the scramble to develop strategies to meet these targets, new sustainability roles emerge within enterprises with diverse individuals and teams tasked with delivering on […]

As with any buzz term that gets casually thrown around, sometimes one can lose sight of what environmental, social and governance is all about Q: What is the social aspect of ESG? Social Value describes that additional value created for society by a business in terms of its social, economic and environmental impacts. A triple […]

BRUSSELS – The European Union has drafted plans to require companies to back up green claims about their products with evidence, in a bid to fight greenwashing and misleading advertisements, according to a document seen by Reuters. The draft legal proposal by the European Commission aims to clamp down on companies promoting their products as […]

ESG, the “Environmental, Social, and Governance” model of business administration, operates on the opposite premise: that the responsibility of business is to achieve social good. Also known as “stakeholder capitalism” and “corporate social responsibility”, under ESG, companies must endorse and pursue progressive social and political objectives. In the words of Michael McCain, president and chief […]

Real work on the ground starts now The dust is settling after last November’s COP27, which overran by two days to reach the final agreement. The Sharm El-Sheikh Implementation plan was a success for its breakthrough on loss and damage finance but a disappointment for not strengthening the language to cut emissions, particularly from fossil […]

DUBAI (dpa-AFX) -Der Vorsitzende des staatlichen emiratischen Ölkonzerns ADNOC soll die kommende Weltklimakonferenz COP28 in Dubai als Präsident leiten. Sultan al-Dschabir, zugleich Industrieminister der Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate, habe über zwei Jahrzehnte Erfahrung gesammelt als Geschäftsführer und in führenden Regierungspositionen, berichtete die Staatsagentur WAM am Donnerstag. “Dies wird ein entscheidendes Jahr sein in einem entscheidenden Jahrzehnt […]

After another year of deteriorating economic conditions and mounting risks, the exigency of a coordinated global response to climate change has only increased. Billed as an Implementation COP, the climate negotiations in Sharm El-Sheikh promised to secure progress for the needs and ambitions of developing countries. Amidst a flurry of negotiated outcomes, new research and […]

Less than 1% of sustainable funds meet the minimum expectations set out by the EU’s proposed voluntary Ecolabel, analysis by the European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) has warned.