Sustainability Weekly 22-26 September 2025

Last week, Responsible Investor reported that the ongoing revision of the SFDR regulation is causing uncertainty about the regulatory treatment of impact investing. Iberdrola plans to invest € 58bn between 2025 and 2028, placing (even) more emphasis than in the past on its new Transmission & Distribution profile rather than Electricity Generation. The European Commission has announced that it is considering postponing the entry into force of the EUDR, currently scheduled for 30 December 2025, by one year. The European Parliament and the Council have agreed on lists of pollutants for surface water and groundwater. According to the Stockholm Environment Institute, governments will produce more than double the amount of fossil fuels compatible with the 1.5°C median target by 2030. BP has confirmed that it has suspended development of its biofuel facility project at the Rotterdam refinery. The US District Court for the District of Columbia has authorised Orsted to resume construction of Revolution Wind, with no impact on Nexans. According to estimates by Reclaim Finance, the energy supply financing ratio of the world's 65 largest banks will be 0.42:1 in 2024, meaning that for every dollar spent on fossil fuels, 42 pence will have been spent on sustainable alternatives. Heidelberg Materials announces final investment decision for CCS project in the United Kingdom; construction will begin this year, ENI will participate in the project. On the social side, Stellantis will temporarily close six assembly plants across Europe in October following a slowdown in regional demand. The Trump administration has imposed a £100,000 fee for new H-1B work visas used by US employers to hire skilled foreign workers. In governance, only 13% of SBF 120 company boards have expertise in cybersecurity and 11% in AI, according to the IFA-Ethics & Boards barometer.