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Starke Ideen, verantwortungsvolles Handeln: Gemeinsam zeichnen WirtschaftsWoche und Generali Deutschland Mittelständler aus, die mit nachhaltiger Innovationskraft überzeugen. 26.11.2025

EU Ombudsman Teresa Anjinho announced that she has found a series of shortcomings in the European Commission’s process to launch its “Omnibus” initiative to simplify and reduce corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements, alongside other legislative proposals, amounting to “maladministration” by the Commission. To a report by ESG toady. 28.11.2025

Lawmakers in the European Parliament voted 402 – 250 on Wednesday to delay and simplify the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), a new law aimed at ensuring that products imported to or exported from EU markets no longer contribute to deforestation and forest degradation globally, and to review the impact of the law early next year […]

Goodbye „Artikel 8“. Adieu „Artikel 9“. Viele dürften nicht traurig sein, wenn die wenig hilfreichen Kennzeichnungen für nachhaltige Fonds in Europa verschwinden. Sie haben Privatanleger eher verwirrt und Greenwashing durch Asset Manager begünstigt. Nach einem Report von etfstream. 24.11.2025

Nuclear technology company X-energy announced that it has raised $700 million in a Series D financing round, with proceeds aimed at helping the company expand its supply chain and commercial pipeline, as it scales up to deploy advanced small modular reactors for companies including Amazon, Dow and Centrica. To a report by ESG today. 24.11.2025

Madrid-based renewable energy company Zelestra announced today a new collaboration with Microsoft and non-profit organization Fundación Ecología y Desarrollo (ECODES), including a power purchase agreement (PPA) to supply Microsoft with energy from two new solar plants in Spain, and a funding arrangement to support community-led sustainability initiatives in the region. To report by ESG today. […]

A contentious final session to close out the COP30 climate conference in Belém Brazil ended in an agreement that avoided mentioning a shift away from fossil fuels for the second consecutive year, despite strong objections from the EU and UK, and that also failed to include a binding roadmap to end deforestation. To a report […]

This week in ESG news: Deutsche Bank expands sustainable finance strategy to target transition opportunities; U.S. appeals court pauses California climate reporting law just weeks before implementation; EU proposes overhaul of sustainable investing regulation; Credit Agricole commits to achieve 90% green financing ratio; DHL signs major U.S. sustainable aviation fuel deal; EU states vote to […]

The European Council announced an agreement by EU member states to delay the implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) – a new law aimed at ensuring that products imported to or exported from EU markets no longer contribute to deforestation and forest degradation globally – by a year, and to introduce new simplification measures […]