◆ 데일리 ESG 정책_25.1.2.1. 환경 정책, 2025년 이렇게 달라진다환경부(장관 김완섭)는 2025년부터 달라지는 주요 10개 환경정책을 공개했다. 새롭게 도입되는 10개 정책은 국민과 기업의 관심도가 높은 정책을 위주로 선별됐으며, 주요 내용은 다음과 같다.▲배출권거래제 시장참여자 확대 및 시장유연성 제고‘온실가스 배출권의 할당 및 거래에 관한 법률’에 따라 올해 2월부터 배출권할당대상업체(이하 할당업체)뿐만 아니라 집합투자업자, 은행 및 보험사, 기금관리자 등 기관투자자도 배출권 시장에 참여할 수 있게 된다. 또한, 당초에 배출권 거래는 배출권거래소(한국거래소)를 통해서만 가능했으나, ...

탄소중립 달성을 위해 탄소세를 부과하면 2040년까지 국내 생산자물가를 연평균 0.4%p씩 밀어올릴 것이라는 분석이 나왔다.또한 2050년 탄소중립을 효율적으로 달성하려면 신재생에너지 발전비중을 60% 이상으로 확대해야 하고, 신재생에너지 발전량이 적정 수준의 75% 수준에 그치면 탄소세 부과에 따른 생산자물가 상승률이 연평균 1%p까지 추가 상승할 것으로 추정됐다.박신애 상명대학교 경제학과 박사과정생은 한국은행 경제연구원이 31일 발간한 경제분석 저널에 실린 ‘기후변화 대응을 위한 산업별 탄소저감비용 추정 및 영향 분석’이라는 제목의 논문에서 이같이 밝혔다. 주상영 건국대학교...

Europe’s Banks Are “In Debt to the Planet”Europe’s 25 largest banks are not doing enough to address the dual crises of climate change and biodiversity loss, according to a new report. Despite committing to net-zero by 2050, many banks’ strategies are inadequate, with gaps in policy implementation, transparency, and ambition.“Banks are exposed to biodiversity risks but are also driving them,” the report warns.Findings at a GlanceClimate Targets Lack TeethWhile all surveyed banks committed to net-zero by 2050, only six have interim targets to cut emissions. Most targets focus on intensity rather than absolute reductions, with limited coverage of critical sectors like agriculture and chemicals.“Only one bank published a target for agriculture, and no bank h...

The Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB) announced the publication of its finalized Canadian Sustainability Disclosure Standards (CSDSs), largely aligned with the global standards released by the IFRS Foundation’s International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), but adding more time for companies to prepare for some key elements of reporting, such as on value chain GHG emissions, compared to the ISSB standards.The release of the new standards marks a significant step in the multi-year process towards establishing a new sustainability reporting system in Canada, beginning in 2021, with a directive from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to cabinet ministers to move towards a system of reporting based on the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)...

The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee took aim at a group of US asset managers over their involvement with a “woke ESG cartel” — adding pressure against environmental efforts by large investors.The committee, chaired by Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, sent letters to 60 firms — including BlackRock, State Street and JPMorgan Asset Management  — that are members of the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative, or NZAM, an international group of investors that signed on to a pledge to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.The letters, sent Friday, made claims in line with a committee report released on Dec. 13 that Republicans say showed fund firms colluded to cut emissions.