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Axa IM 'downgrades' and 'may reduce exposure to' companies that weakened climate targets
28 March 2025European fund management giant Axa Investment Managers has "downgraded" companies that weakened their decarbonisation targets and is considering selling some of its holdings in these companies due to perceived increased risk, a sustainability head said.
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SEC ends defence of climate rule in 'backward step for investors'
28 March 2025The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has ended defence of its own climate disclosure rule, signalling a major blow to hopes it could be saved from legal challenges.
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Canadian election 'casts a shadow over' work on taxonomy, disclosures
27 March 2025The future of Canadian sustainable finance policy, including a proposed green and transition taxonomy and sustainability-related disclosures, is shrouded in uncertainty as the country prepares for a federal election next month, a policy expert has said.
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Biodiversity data tool map finds key imbalances
27 March 2025The Nature Tech Collective and Conservation International have partnered to launch a map of biodiversity data tools on the market, finding that key imbalances remain with some technologies failing to meet their "full potential".
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Taxonomy cuts to 'significantly damage' sustainable investment market, warn EU advisers
26 March 2025The EU has been warned by its expert advisers that proposed cuts to its sustainability taxonomy will have negative 'ripple effects' on the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and constrain the market for sustainable and transition investments.
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Reliance on taxonomy would be ill-advised in overhauled SFDR, ICMA tells EU
25 March 2025The EU has been warned against a 'potentially reductionist approach' overly relying on its taxonomy at the expense of the theme of transition in an overhauled Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) by the International Capital Market Association (ICMA).
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Exclusive: NatureAlpha overhauls nature data offering amid 'unbelievable' AI improvements
24 March 2025Data tech start-up NatureAlpha has upgraded its Geoverse data platform, helped by the "unbelievable" improvements in the capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI).
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'AI could offer better green bond impact and incentives from day one'
21 March 2025Artificial intelligence (AI) could provide an opportunity for green bonds to become "more incentivising and transparent" around impact from the very earliest structuring phase,...
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ISS preparing sustainability bond rating
21 March 2025ISS STOXX is readying a 'sustainability bond rating' that it says will help investors analyse the sustainability impact and risks of labelled bonds ...
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FoSDA appoints former CFA UK CEO as first exec director
20 March 2025The Future of Sustainable Data Alliance (FoSDA) has appointed former CFA UK chief executive Will Goodhart as its first executive director.