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AI can help combat ESG backlash, says deVere's Green
03 May 2024AI could play a key role in combatting the ESG backlash witnessed in some parts of the US through more rigorous and nuanced analysis, says Nigel Green, CEO of international financial advisory group deVere Group.
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Danish regulator orders investment managers to address sustainability 'deficiencies'
03 May 2024Denmark's Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) has ordered two investment managers to address what the regulator called "deficiencies" in how they accounted for sustainability risks in their processes.
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People Moves, 3 May: ING, JP Morgan Asset Management, Aviva, Impax, NEST ... and more
03 May 2024 -
Proxy voting season a key opportunity to "accelerate impact", say investors
03 May 2024The proxy voting season is a "key opportunity" for investors to take action on biodiversity, members of the Finance for Biodiversity initiative have said, as it announces it will develop guidance for voting on biodiversity.
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Moody's maintains 2024 sustainable bond forecast despite strong start
03 May 2024Moody's has retained its $950 billion sustainable bond issuance forecast for 2024 despite a strong start to the year amid expectations that challenging fixed income conditions will continue to be headwind for the market to reach a new record.
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Much-criticised Green Asset Ratio 'not a complete failure', asset manager says
03 May 2024The much-criticised Green Asset Ratio (GAR) reporting indicator for banks has already helped significantly increase transparency surrounding their financing of sustainable activities, and "is not a complete failure," according to La Française Asset Management.
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Disappointing progress in tackling plastic despite solutions, says Iceberg Data Lab
03 May 2024Tackling plastics is an "achievable transformation" for the economy, but given solutions are readily available, the limited progress made so far has been "disappointing", Iceberg Data Lab has said.
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HSBC faces shareholder call for green finance transparency
03 May 2024A group of HSBC shareholders - including Royal London Asset Management, La Francaise Asset Management and Axiom Alternative Investments - has called on the bank to explain how it will meet its target to extend $1 trillion for sustainable finance.
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Loan round-up: AdaniConneX, Kordsa, REC Limited ... and more
02 May 2024 -
'Minimal additional effort' to build on ISSB to meet CSRD, says EU-ISSB guidance
02 May 2024EU companies reporting under European standards can comply with global standards "with minimal additional effort", according to the European Commission.
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