Corporate nature reporting and target-setting groups release major framework updates ahead of COP17
Updated guidance from two leading initiatives aims to help companies assess, report and act on their impacts on land, water and oceans.
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Green Economy & ESG
Carbon pricing, green finance, corporate sustainability.
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Sustainability has stopped being a voluntary heading for companies and become regulation. This section tracks carbon pricing, the effect of the EU’s carbon border adjustment on exporters, green financing instruments, and where corporate sustainability reporting is heading — placing stated targets next to disclosed data.
British regulator drops mandatory climate reporting for listed companies
The Financial Conduct Authority will let companies follow new sustainability standards or explain why they don't, instead of making climate disclosure compulsory.
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British banks lead Europe in coal financing, Urgewald report finds
Barclays and HSBC increased their coal financing between 2022 and 2025, even as banks across the European Union cut theirs by nearly half.
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Hong Kong sells record $2.6 billion digital green bond
The blockchain-based issuance is the largest digital bond sale in the world to date, with orders reaching up to 11.3 times the amount offered.
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Companies face $397 billion in water-risk exposure, CDP report finds
Droughts and water stress at suppliers threaten trade routes and supply chains, yet more than a third of reporting companies have no process to assess the risk.
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Brazil says rainforest fund is on track to hit $10 billion seed target
The Tropical Forest Forever Facility has $7.3 billion in government pledges and needs $2.7 billion more by the end of 2026.
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Draft international net zero standard fails to win enough member votes
Media reports tied the opposition to fossil fuel-producing countries; the standards committee will now weigh its next steps.
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EU ban on vague green claims such as 'eco-friendly' takes effect
Companies can no longer market products as climate neutral on the strength of carbon offsets, and future climate pledges must be backed by a verified plan.
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Canada moves toward trading carbon credits with other countries
A proposed framework would let Canadian companies sell emissions cuts abroad under the Paris Agreement's Article 6 rules.
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Chinese and U.S. tech giants drive most of the digital sector's emissions, UN report finds
Amazon and China Mobile top the list, and the 10 largest emitters alone account for more than half of the sector's operational emissions.
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EU publishes final simplified sustainability reporting standards
The revised rules cut mandatory data points by 61% and will apply to financial years starting Jan. 1, 2027.
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Türkiye's green taxonomy regulation takes effect
The rules define which investments count as environmentally sustainable, with mandatory reporting for the financial sector starting in 2029.
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