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  • Scrambled regs to give investors indigestion in 2025

    20 December 2024

    Investors must digest a diet of disparate sustainable finance regulations in the year ahead. Michael Hurley reports

  • Sustainability assurance: sailing a boat under construction

    12 December 2024

    The cost of gaining assurance, data quality and the need for subjective judgments could limit the usefulness of sustainability assurance, Michael Hurley writes

  • Making nature data open to all

    11 December 2024

    The TNFD's proposed open data 'facility' has been welcomed by data providers, but the key issue of how it will be funded is yet to be resolved. Genevieve Redgrave reports

  • Transition commodities a growing 'sweet spot' for LGIM

    04 December 2024

    A webinar heard that investing in the green economy has become a popular theme for investors in recent years, and there are further opportunities to invest in transition. Jennifer Forrest reports

  • Cut back data points to keep CSRD manageable

    28 November 2024

    'Ruthless' materiality assessments are needed to help reduce the 'overwhelming' reporting burden, writes Michael Hurley

  • COP29 finance day: Harmonisation initiatives the highlight of underwhelming day

    14 November 2024

    Multi-jurisdiction taxonomies and a push for harmonised transition plan rules stole the headlines, as finance proved a sticking point, Michael Hurley writes

  • Climate change: The picture is bleak, but there are reasons to be hopeful

    13 November 2024

    The tools, knowledge and opportunities to deliver the transition to a green economy already exist, writes Penny Apostolaki

  • Lay the foundations before building: ISSB standards as the Global Baseline

    12 November 2024

    Investors need national regulators to rapidly adopt ISSB standards without removing key concepts or requirements, writes Nathan Fabian

  • Q&A with TNFD's David Craig

    05 November 2024

    The co-chair of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures talks to Peter Cripps about why the organisation is consulting on an open-access nature data 'facility'

  • Facing the antimicrobial resistance threat

    04 November 2024

    The involvement of investors is essential to addressing the scale and threat of the crisis, writes Emma Berntman