Sustainability data and technology company ESG Book announced today the launch of LEO, a new sustainability data sourcing and reporting platform, developed in partnership with Boston Consulting Group (BCG). According to ESG Book, the new solution is aimed at streamlining data sourcing and reporting, addressing challenges facing companies and financial institutions in meeting sustainability due diligence and disclosure requirements, particularly…
President Trump announced the signing of a new executive order, “Protecting American Energy from State Overreach,” aimed at shielding energy companies from a series of State laws setting fines for their contributions to greenhouse gas emissions. The executive order forms part of President Trump’s initiatives to “unleash American energy,” and to reverse the prior Biden administration’s focus on addressing climate…
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…