Sustainable Views

4 days ago | sustainableviews.com | Lizzie Meager

• None A legal opinion concludes that forward-looking transition plans do not expose companies to legal liability under UK misrepresentation laws• None Lawyers say transition planning can help to close the credibility gap and distinguish genuine ambition from greenwashing• None Despite guidance from the ISSB and some progress in the EU, stronger regulation is seen as necessary to “nudge” companies to create plans

4 days ago | sustainableviews.com | Lizzie Meager

• None TNFD CEO Tony Goldner stressed that nature-related risks are already materialising, and businesses should begin assessments without “letting perfect be the enemy of the good”• None TNFD’s nature disclosure framework has been voluntarily adopted by 600 organisations with $20tn in assets under management• None Nature risks should be fully integrated into transition planning and no longer treated as externalities

1 week ago | sustainableviews.com | Lizzie Meager

• None American companies and industry groups are “leveraging” the omnibus process and trade negotiations to weaken the EU’s methane rule• None Climate groups and scientists are warning that action on methane is essential to avoid catastrophic climate tipping points, and that regulation is the only way to do it• None The oil and gas industry is asking the Trump administration to secure a carve-out for US LNG exports

2 weeks ago | sustainableviews.com | Florence Jones

• None UK chancellor Rachel Reeves has delivered her spending review, outlining total funding available for government departments for the next three parliamentary years• None With a suite of announcements on new nuclear investments, Reeves emphasised the link between energy security and economic security• None But sustainability was not a focus of the review, with some suggesting the UK should do more to signal its appetite for investment in this space

2 weeks ago | sustainableviews.com | Lizzie Meager

• None The Sierra Club says traditional ESG tactics — such as stockpicking, decarbonisation and disclosure demands — are insufficient to address climate-driven financial threats• None Forcing corporate behaviour change is the clearest measure of investor impact that would lead to real-economy emissions reductions• None Concerns around stranded asset risk are overblown compared with the broader risks to economic stability if fossil fuel assets remain in use by mid-century, it says