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Germany’s New Coalition Government Eliminates Sustainability Due Diligence Law

Germany’s New Coalition Government Eliminates Sustainability Due Diligence Law

Germany’s conservative CDU and CSU parties and the center-left SPD announced a deal for the formation of a new government, and released a coalition agreement that includes the immediate elimination of Germany’s human rights and environmental supply chain due diligence law, the Supply Chain Act (LkSG). The agreement says that the LkSG will be replaced with the EU’s new Corporate…

The investment case for rivers as ecosystem services and business-critical infrastructure

Rivers are the unsung heroes of our planet, essential to both environmental health and economic resilience. They fuel economies, sustain communities and act as nature’s original infrastructure – yet they remain massively undervalued in climate finance discussions. They only make headlines when disaster strikes, like when the River Rhine’s water levels dropped so low in 2018 and 2022 that commercial shipping…

Diversity, equity and confusion

It helps to have a long-term viewpoint on occasion. Sustainability professionals should be long term by definition, but we can be just as guilty of being blown by the fickle winds of fate as the next person. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the ongoing debate over Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). Also read: AGM ballots: An unlikely DEI…

Financial institutions accused of ‘cakeism’ for failing to reduce their exposure to fossil fuels 

Financial institutions worldwide are attempting to decarbonise but are still reluctant to reduce their fossil fuel investments, leading to “financial cakeism”, according to the latest report by South Pole. A survey of sustainability executives from 350 financial sector firms, as part of South Pole’s 2024/25 Net Zero report, found that, despite existing net zero guidance from the Glasgow Financial Alliance…

Financial institutions accused of ‘cakeism’ for failing to reduce their exposure to fossil fuels 

Financial institutions worldwide are attempting to decarbonise but are still reluctant to reduce their fossil fuel investments, leading to “financial cakeism”, according to the latest report by South Pole. A survey of sustainability executives from 350 financial sector firms, as part of South Pole’s 2024/25 Net Zero report, found that, despite existing net zero guidance from the Glasgow Financial Alliance…

Financial institutions accused of ‘cakeism’ for failing to reduce their exposure to fossil fuels 

Financial institutions worldwide are attempting to decarbonise but are still reluctant to reduce their fossil fuel investments, leading to “financial cakeism”, according to the latest report by South Pole. A survey of sustainability executives from 350 financial sector firms, as part of South Pole’s 2024/25 Net Zero report, found that, despite existing net zero guidance from the Glasgow Financial Alliance…

Financial institutions accused of ‘cakeism’ for failing to reduce their exposure to fossil fuels 

Financial institutions worldwide are attempting to decarbonise but are still reluctant to reduce their fossil fuel investments, leading to “financial cakeism”, according to the latest report by South Pole. A survey of sustainability executives from 350 financial sector firms, as part of South Pole’s 2024/25 Net Zero report, found that, despite existing net zero guidance from the Glasgow Financial Alliance…

Financial institutions accused of ‘cakeism’ for failing to reduce their exposure to fossil fuels 

Financial institutions worldwide are attempting to decarbonise but are still reluctant to reduce their fossil fuel investments, leading to “financial cakeism”, according to the latest report by South Pole. A survey of sustainability executives from 350 financial sector firms, as part of South Pole’s 2024/25 Net Zero report, found that, despite existing net zero guidance from the Glasgow Financial Alliance…

Financial institutions accused of ‘cakeism’ for failing to reduce their exposure to fossil fuels 

Financial institutions accused of ‘cakeism’ for failing to reduce their exposure to fossil fuels 

Financial institutions worldwide are attempting to decarbonise but are still reluctant to reduce their fossil fuel investments, leading to “financial cakeism”, according to the latest report by South Pole. A survey of sustainability executives from 350 financial sector firms, as part of South Pole’s 2024/25 Net Zero report, found that, despite existing net zero guidance from the Glasgow Financial Alliance…

OneStream Launches New ESG Reporting & Planning Solution for CFOs

OneStream Launches New ESG Reporting & Planning Solution for CFOs

Enterprise finance management platform OneStream announced the launch of its new ESG Reporting & Planning solution, aimed at helping CFOs and finance professionals to navigate sustainability reporting requirements and make data-driven decisions. According to OneStream, the new solution unifies ESG data and processes in a single platform, enabling customers to collect, analyze, report and plan for ESG requirements, including Scope…