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GFANZ calls for portfolio alignment feedback

'Game-changing' zero-deforestation soy finance initiative launched

Three major UK supermarket chains have invested $11 million in a 'green bond'-backed soy farming finance initiative providing financial incentives for Brazilian farmers to commit to cultivating soy without engaging in deforestation or land conversion.

NZAOA urges ISSB to explicitly recommend 'net zero' targets

The UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) has urged the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) to "expressly integrate" net-zero emissions...

NZAOA-sponsored research tackles Scope 3 pathways

Three publications commissioned by the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) aiming to help investors calculate their Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions have been published.

AllianceBernstein partners with Impact Engine

Carbon pricing needs radical redesign, says NZAOA

GFANZ issues transition plan recommendations & 'ambition' tracker

The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) has issued 10 recommendations for financial institutions to adopt in their net-zero transition plans, including metrics to track portfolio 'ambition', sector-specific pathways and pan-sector strategies to avoid 'paper decarbonisation'.

'World-first' green fintech taxonomy goes live

A system to classify financial technology in shades of sustainability has been launched in what is thought to be a world first.

NZAOA, AFII launch net-zero fixed income collaboration

Carney: Some fossil fuel investment justified

The transition to a net-zero carbon economy requires "nothing short of a revolution", although some limited investment in fossil fuels is justified in the short term, Mark Carney has said.