ESG / Impact News

The European Commission announced the launch of a new call for evidence, seeking input on its initiative to revise its Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), which aims to improve the regulation’s usefulness and to reduce reporting and compliance burdens for investors. The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, in application since 2021, sets out how financial market […]

India’s Ministry of Finance announced the release of a draft framework for its Climate Finance Taxonomy, its classification system for identifying sustainable economic activities aligned with its climate goals, aimed at enabling the facilitation of major capital flows required to support the net zero transition, while preventing greenwashing. India has set a series of climate […]

Aufschrei unter nachhaltigen Investoren: Zahlreiche große deutsche Asset Manager haben jüngst ihre ESG-Fonds für Rüstungsaktien geöffnet. Henrik Pontzen, Chief Sustainability Officer bei Union Investment, sieht das kritisch.

The Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System (NGFS), announced today the launch of its first set of short-term scenarios, aimed at enabling central banks and financial sector supervisors to analyze the near-term impact of climate change and climate-related policies on the stability and resilience of economies and financial systems. The […]

Achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) demands more than vision—it demands coordination, capital, and clarity. Despite significant momentum in the impact investing sector, a persistent barrier remains: the lack of accessible, standardized, and trusted impact data. Without it, policy implementation stalls, capital deployment slows, and the credibility of ESG claims remains in question.

Amazon announced that it would deploy advanced machines for making custom-fit packaging across its European network, enabling the production of custom-made cardboard boxes and paper bags for customer deliveries. In addition to reducing waste and materials usage, Amazon highlighted sustainability benefits of the new packaging, including emissions reductions by maximizing vehicle space to enable more […]

United Airlines announced an investment in carbon transformation-focused cleantech company Twelve, supporting the company’s initiatives to turn CO2 into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) using renewable energy. Founded in 2015, California-based Twelve produces chemicals, materials, and fuels from captured CO2 combined with water. The process is powered by renewable energy and produces water and oxygen as […]

The U.S. Justice Department announced that it has filed complaints in U.S. District Courts against the states of New York and Vermont over their respective climate change “Superfund” laws, aimed at fining energy companies for their contributions to climate change. Separately, a group of 24 U.S. State Attorneys General announced that they have joined a […]

Die Erste Asset Management baut ihre ESG-Präsenz in Luxemburg aus: Künftig vertreibt Spuerkeess ausgewählte nachhaltige Fonds exklusiv im Großherzogtum. Gleichzeitig tritt die Tochter Impact Asset Management nach der Integration in die Erste AM-Gruppe mit neuem Markenauftritt auf.