Sustainable Finance

BBVA more than doubles sustainable finance goal for next five years

The Spanish bank linked pay incentives to its previous €300bn sustainable finance goal, and met it a year ahead of schedule.

Melodie Michel

24 February 2025

EU Omnibus

Leaked EU Omnibus draft cuts number of firms within CSRD scope tenfold

"A devastating blow to the European Green Deal."

Melodie Michel

24 February 2025

Net zero

UK net zero sector has grown 10% in the past year

"It is clear, you can’t have growth without green."

Melodie Michel

24 February 2025

Policy & Standards

Trump’s energy policies risk creating compliance headaches for US firms

“Diverging state and federal climate policies are creating a fragmented regulatory landscape in the US."

Melodie Michel

21 February 2025

Policy & Standards

EU ‘only partially on track’ to meet environmental targets: report

Only 5 out of 28 indicators are fully on track.

Melodie Michel

21 February 2025

Food System

EU vision for sustainable agriculture ‘lacks vision’, NGOs say

"Very timid steps towards creating fairer and more sustainable EU food supply chains."

Melodie Michel

20 February 2025

Climate Targets

IHG Chief Sustainability Officer warns hotel operator won’t meet 2030 climate target

IHG opened 371 hotels in 2024 alone.

Melodie Michel

20 February 2025

Guest article

Challenges in disclosure of Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions in vertically integrated firms

Harry Broadman of WestExec Advisors and RAND Corporation, discusses practical issues hindering reliable supply chain emissions data.

Melodie Michel

20 February 2025

Climate Targets

HSBC lowers ESG weighting in executive pay and delays net zero target by 20 years

The bank is also reviewing 2030 financed emissions targets.

Melodie Michel

19 February 2025

Policy & Standards

UNEP calls for ‘dramatic uptick’ in sustainability action in annual report

“The reality is that environmental multilateralism is sometimes messy and sometimes arduous."

Melodie Michel

19 February 2025