Governor Ron DeSantis bans Florida public officials from "ideological joyrides" (ESG investing and borrowing), raising questions about how to think about financial risks from climate and weather Ross Kerber Reuters tinyurl.com/yck8xsfz

On the plains of Iowa and the hills of New Hampshire, Republican presidential hopefuls ditch talk of the debt ceiling for “red-meat” topics like gender issues in schools ⁦Gram Slattery⁩ ⁦Tim Reid⁩ reuters.com/world/us/why-r…

Incredible picture from Guglielmo Mangiapane of Reuters after Napoli won Serie A for the first time in 33 years

"It's supposed to be mark-to-market, not mark-to-fantasy," Peiffer said. "You want to understand why something is marked the way it is." ⁦Gui Qing⁩ reuters.com/markets/us/ica…

Political turbulence dragged on Ecuador's bond prices, giving a boost to the economics of the biggest ever debt-for-nature swap, which also survived the troubles of lynchpin lender Credit Suisse marc jones Rodrigo Campos reuters.com/world/americas…

'ESG' in US finance job titles comes with 20% pay premium reuters.com/sustainability…

#airquality #nyc

#GM signs up its #EV drivers to be able to use #Tesla's supercharger network - the ripples our Reuters story predicted are starting big! Abhirup Roy Hyunjoo Jin reuters.com/business/autos…

Dampening? Halfway through shareholder meetings, support for #environmental resolutions was 25%, versus 38% for the whole previous season, and 43% for the whole year prior. Fascinating from Ross Kerber #ESG reuters.com/sustainability…

Gabon has delayed its $500m debt-for-nature swap, according to two sources who blamed market volatility after Treasury yields spiked. The tender was expected to close on Aug 10 - now it's expected to be Aug 15. Story with marc jones and Isla Binnie reuters.com/world/africa/g…

Canadian pension funds explore $6 bln sale of renewables firm Cubico -sources reuters.com/markets/deals/… Isla Binnie Andres Gonzalez

BlackRock continues lowering support for environmental and social proposals reuters.com/business/finan… Ross Kerber Isla Binnie

#Blackrock says its reduced support for shareholder proposals on #environmental and #social issues is due to those resolutions increasingly "over-reaching" and not recognising some corporate progress #esg reuters.com/business/finan…

Inside Cleveland-Cliffs' bid to keep US blast furnaces smelting Isla Binnie Bianca Flowers reuters.com/sustainability…

California governor Gavin Newsom must decide by Oct. 14 whether to oblige large companies to disclose carbon footprints including, eventually, indirect greenhouse gas emissions. Apple is in favour, California Chamber of Commerce against. reuters.com/world/us/calif…

EXCLUSIVE: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency carried out its first climate risk assessment of more than two dozen banks in recent months, signaling more scrutiny of Wall Street's accounting for such threats. By Isla Binnie & Chris Prentice reuters.com/sustainability…

ESG funds suffer weaker demand despite help from tech-sector performance Ross Kerber Tommy Reggiori Wilkes Isla Binnie reuters.com/sustainability…

Another Friday afternoon scoop via Andres Gonzalez Isla Binnie TotalEnergies explores US, Europe renewable portfolio stake sale- sources reuters.com/markets/deals/…

SCOOP: The SEC has dropped a requirement for U.S.-listed companies to disclose so-called Scope 3 emissions, which was included in its original draft of the rules published in March 2022, source tell me and Chris Prentice Douglas Gillison Isla Binnie

Magnitude 5.5 struck struck New York and New Jersey. It was felt in UN Security Council, where cameras shook. Save the Children CEO Janti Soeripto, who was addressing the UNSC on Gaza, stopped speaking. Palestinian UN envoy Riyad Mansour quipped: “You’re making the ground shake.”