CSR News - August 2025

👉 EU delays key sustainability reporting requirements for large companies until 2027

The European Commission has introduced amendments to the ESRS, granting "Wave One" companies a two-year delay in disclosing additional ESG data under the CSRD. These firms will maintain current reporting levels through FY 2026 as the broader review continues.

Source : ESG News, 07/14/2025

👉 EU simplifies Taxonomy reporting to reduce compliance burden by 2026

The European Commission has adopted changes to streamline the EU Taxonomy framework, easing the compliance load for financial and non-financial companies. Key updates include materiality thresholds, OpEx relief, simplified templates, and adjusted "Do No Significant Harm" criteria.

Source : ESG News, 07/07/2025

👉 EU Commission eases state aid rules for green transition

The EU Commission is easing state aid rules to support domestic companies in their green transformation. The new Clean Industrial Deal State Aid Framework (CISAF) complements existing rules, providing greater planning certainty for investors in sustainable projects.

Source : Börsen-Zeitung, 07/14/2025

👉 EFRAG analysed 2024 CSRD sustainability reports from 656 companies

The EFRAG has released a synthesis of its analysis on CSRD reports, focusing on sustainability statements prepared for fiscal year 2024. The analysis covers 656 companies across all sectors. It examines the structure, length, material topics, stakeholder engagement in DMA, transition plans for climate change mitigation, etc. This report provides insights for both report preparers and users.

Source : EFRAG, 07/2025

👉 CapitaLand launches framework. CapitaLand Investment has launched its "Return on Sustainability (RoS)" framework to quantify sustainability investment returns, assess the financial value of green capital expenditure. The tool evaluates eight key factors like utility savings, carbon cost reductions, and rent premiums, with a portfolio-wide breakeven model.

Source : ESG Today, 07/08/2025

👉 The UK has unveiled a £12 million funding package to support disaster risk finance for climate-vulnerable countries. This initiative, backed by the private sector, aims to strengthen global resilience and position London as a leading hub for sustainable finance.

Source : ESG News, 07/09/2025

👉 The NGFS's new short-term scenarios, designed to assess climate risks for financial institutions, reveal that a series of extreme climate events could reduce euro area GDP by up to 5% by 2030. This highlights the significant impacts of droughts and other environmental threats on economic growth, with annual losses already estimated at €9 billion in Europe.

Source : European Central Banking, 07/09/2025

👉 Environmental Finance has launched its 2025 ESG Data Guide, offering a searchable portal to help investors navigate the growing ESG data market. It features 181 products from 64 providers, focusing on themes like biodiversity, nature risk, regulation, impact, and transition.

Source : Environmental Finance, 07/10/2025

👉 Private equity funds supporting net-zero transitions now match traditional strategies in returns. Climate funds from 2016-2021 delivered median returns of over 15%, outperforming other sectors. This marks a shift from earlier funds (2008-2015), now liquidated or nearing expiration.

Source : Deal Street Asia, 07/14/2025

👉 PRI, BCG, and NYU Stern Center have developed a new framework to help private market fund managers maximize and quantify sustainability value creation. The guide covers best practices, sustainability initiatives impacting EBITDA, cost of debt, and reputation, and mechanisms like incentives and centralized data systems, with case studies included.

Source : New Private Markets, 07/23/2025

👉 The 2024 annual gender parity barometer by France Invest and Deloitte reveals positive trends in private equity, with 30% of investment team members being women, up 1% from 2023. However, more effort is needed to meet the 2030 targets set by France Invest’s Parity Charter.

Notably, only 38% of respondents have set measurable, quantitative goals for gender parity in 2024, a slight decline from 40% in 2023. This indicates a need for stronger action plans to drive further progress.

Source : Deloitte, 07/16/2025