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Sustainable Views helps you navigate through the ever-expanding rules, frameworks and policy decisions shaping the sustainability space.

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Canada’s first climate competitiveness strategy has divided the sustainable finance community. While some have welcomed its “pragmatic” approach, others say it offers “little substance and no new measures”.

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Canada’s climate strategy splits investors over pragmatism versus ambition
Plan includes a sustainable investment taxonomy and revision of the country’s anti-greenwashing law Canada’s first climate competitiveness strategy has divided the sustainable finance community. While...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Catch up on this week's sustainability news

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Weekly News and Views: Leaders’ summit, last-minute EU target and launch of the tropical forest fund
The latest sustainability policy and regulatory news The week that was
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November 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Investment signals in new nationally determined contributions remain limited, finds the UN Environment Programme’s Emissions Gap Report 2025.

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UNEP says most new NDCs lack clarity to attract investment
The world is on course for 2.8C of warming, report warns Investment signals in new nationally determined contributions remain limited, finds the UN Environment Programme’s Emissions Gap Report 2025.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Democratic socialist state lawmaker Zohran Mamdani is expected to win New York City’s mayoral election, campaigning on rent freezes, fare-free buses and universal childcare.

His platform links climate action with affordability.

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How far can ‘green economic populism’ go in a global financial hub like New York?
Climate and affordability are at the heart of Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral bid If Zohran Mamdani wins the mayoral election in New York City this week, it will mark a rare victory for a proudly leftwing pl...
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November 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Despite methane’s potency and legal risks, few financial institutions explicitly treat its mismanagement as a material financial or transition risk

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Is methane mismanagement becoming material?
Financial institutions are waking up to the regulatory and legal risks tied to oil and gas-based methane, but few yet treat it as a serious investment factor From 2026, the EU’s Methane Regulation wil...
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November 3, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Nature isn’t a side issue, it’s central to business success.
In @sustainableviews.bsky.social , our CEO Maria Mendiluce and @evazabey.bsky.social write on why nature is the new climate imperative ahead of #COP30 in the Amazon.
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The Amazon COP: why businesses see nature as the new climate imperative
Maria Mendiluce is chief executive of the We Mean Business Coalition and Eva Zabey is CEO of Business for Nature Companies see the economic risks of biodiversity loss, but they need to go much furthe...
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October 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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COP30 offers Europe an opening to recalibrate — to act not as a fading power defending its legacy, but as a creative middle power that thinks pragmatically, write Susi Dennison and Carla Hobbs in @sustainableviews.bsky.social @ecfrpower.bsky.social
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Middling through: how the EU should reinvent itself for COP30
Susi Dennison is the director of the European Power programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations, and Carla Hobbs is head of the ECFR’s Madrid office The EU and Brazil can lead efforts to bu...
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October 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Today we bring you a new episode of the podcast

Deputy editor Elizabeth Meager shared her impressions from New York Climate week with editor Philippa Nuttall

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What happened at New York Climate Week?
Following last month’s Climate Week event, we look at the key themes that emerged and what they reveal about the state of climate policy and finance
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October 8, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Canada’s opening to lead on climate just got bigger

Op ed by Yrjo Koskinen professor at the Haskayne School of Business and research director at the Institute for Sustainable Finance at the Smith School of Business, Queen’s University

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Canada’s opening to lead on climate just got bigger
Yrjo Koskinen is the BMO professor of sustainable and transition finance at the Haskayne School of Business and research director at the Institute for Sustainable Finance at the Smith School of Busine...
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October 6, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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Companies across the plastics supply chain face mounting legal risks, from litigation and regulation

Legal experts say the collapse of the global plastics treaty talks will not impact the litigation risks associated with plastics

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Litigation risks mount for companies across plastics supply chain
Legal experts say risks to the plastics industry are not lessened by the collapse of the global plastics treaty negotiations The legal risks faced by businesses in the global plastics supply chain are...
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October 3, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Exxon is the most active lobbyist against the CSDDD, racking up more meetings with policymakers focused on the directive than any other company or trade association.

Research by @somoamsterdam.bsky.social

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Exxon is the most active lobbyist against CSDDD, claims non-profit report
The oil major has secured major wins in Brussels after years of lobbying, both publicly and privately Texas-headquartered ExxonMobil has been the most active company in lobbying against the EU’s incom...
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October 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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New episode of the Sustainable Views podcast out today!

How has corporate sustainability changed in the past 12 months?

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October 1, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Tragedy of the horizons a decade on: climate change threatens financial stability

By Julia Symon and Max Kretschmer at @financewatch.bsky.social

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Tragedy of the horizons a decade on: climate change threatens financial stability
Julia Symon is head of research and advocacy and Max Kretschmer is a press officer at Finance Watch How regulators can move beyond disclosure and adopt binding measures to force systemic reform of the...
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September 30, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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The Asia-Pacific insurance market has long been under-developed compared to the US or Europe — which has left governments, companies and farmers paying the bill when catastrophe strikes.

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Parametric insurance on the rise as climate impacts hit Asia
Last year in the region, only 5% of losses linked to natural disasters were insured, compared with 52% in the US The Asia-Pacific insurance market has long been under-developed compared to the US or ...
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September 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Humanity is pushing beyond the “limits of a stable and resilient planet”, with seven of the nine planetary boundaries already breached and further deterioration and destabilisation likely, says the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.

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Economic risks spiral as planetary health declines
Worsening ocean acidification is the latest sign nature is under stress Humanity is pushing beyond the “limits of a stable and resilient planet”, with seven of the nine planetary boundaries already br...
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September 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Climate events such as wildfires, flooding, heatwaves and droughts can have “cascading effects” on the global economy, disrupting production lines and affecting critical infrastructure and trade routes, @bruegel.org says.

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Government over-reach could stifle private investment and deepen supply shortages
Think-tank Bruegel calls on policymakers to encourage private sector action on climate resilience Concerns over scarcity and political demands to protect global supply chains from climate shocks can r...
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September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Energy affordability was a key focus on day one of New York Climate Week, with businesses warning of rising bills, lost jobs and project cancellations.

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Half of US energy projects scrapped since January
Businesses insist that renewable energy remains the cheapest and quickest option Businesses across the US are highly focused on energy affordability, availability and speed of deployment, speakers ins...
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September 23, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Our latest piece on the changing language of sustainability

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Out with ESG, in with risk: sustainability’s new rhetoric
Jargon is giving way to plainer, more business-oriented language If the late 2010s and early 2020s were characterised by the “say-do” gap — companies talking the talk on sustainability, but not necess...
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September 22, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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In its eagerness to satisfy the loudest calls for relief, Efrag risks overlooking the very people this reporting is primarily meant to serve: investors and other capital providers writes Jane Thostrup Jagd at @wemeanbusiness.bsky.social

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Simpler sustainability rules risk leaving investors in the dark
Jane Thostrup Jagd is director of net zero finance at the We Mean Business Coalition The purpose of reporting is to help capital move towards more sustainable business models, not tick boxes
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September 19, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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The absence of a global plastics treaty does not mean the absence of risk for companies, argues Sarah Perreard co-chief executive of Earth Action.

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Lack of a plastics treaty leaves businesses open to financial and reputational risks
Sarah Perreard is co-chief executive of Earth Action Governments failed to agree to reduce plastic pollution. The burden of action is now on corporate boardrooms
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September 18, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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A pattern is emerging at the US Securities and Exchange Commission. In a series of moves announced in recent months, it appears to be abandoning its long-standing tradition of protecting investors, tipping the power balance back towards companies.

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SEC curbs shareholder rights in favour of companies
Investor powers are eroded as the regulator backs corporations on voting, litigation and climate reporting A pattern is emerging at the US Securities and Exchange Commission. In a series of moves anno...
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September 17, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Nuclear, which only a couple of years ago seemed to be in decline, appears to be having a resurgence, shows World Nuclear Association data.

But how far can government support (notably from the US administration) or big tech agreements boost the sector.

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Money starts flowing back into nuclear power after long exile
From US policy shifts to Microsoft power deals, a sector long seen as overly risky is edging back into the mainstream After decades on the sidelines, nuclear power is enjoying an unexpected revival in...
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September 16, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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By seeking to overturn the endangerment finding the US Environmental Protection Agency is breaking "the legal bedrock for addressing global warming", writes Deborah McNamara executive director of ClimateVoice in Sustainable Views.

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US businesses must defend the EPA’s endangerment finding
Deborah McNamara is executive director of ClimateVoice Corporate silence on climate policy puts profits and people at risk
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September 12, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Companies are using hypothetical 'avoided' emissions to report environmental gains, writes François-Régis Puyou a professor at Emlyon Business School in Sustainable Views.

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How ‘avoided emissions’ let companies look green while polluting
François-Régis Puyou is a professor at Emlyon Business School Businesses are sidestepping the hard truth that growth often means higher absolute emissions
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September 10, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Today we bring you the first in a four-part series on what sustainability experts are thinking and feeling in these troubled and confusing times.

The piece examines how sustainability roles are evolving as regulators retreat, notably in the US and the EU.

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Sustainability roles evolve as regulators retreat
In-house teams are being reshaped as companies cut costs and shift focus from compliance to business value Regulation has historically been a key driver of corporate sustainability, shaping how compan...
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September 8, 2025 at 9:57 AM