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'Water will be one of the biggest investment themes over the next decade'

Swedish lender SEB said that water is going to be a megatrend which should be the "biggest investment theme over the next decade," but we need to work out how to tailor sustainable finance instruments.

SBTi unveils framework to accelerate buildings sector's net zero alignment

Financial institutions begin piloting dedicated SBTi standard

A group of 40 financial institutions has started piloting a dedicated standard for setting Science Based Targets, using a draft published by the initiative last month.

SBTi consultation's 'mixed' findings leave it mulling role of carbon credits in new standard

Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has published four technical papers "as an early step" in the revision of its Corporate Net-Zero Standard but noted that "direct decarbonisation" of the value chain remains a priority as controversy surrounds the role played by carbon credits.

Judging the credibility of transition plans, part two

Investors preparing for a wave of transition plan disclosures face a complicated task to determine 'what good looks like', Michael Hurley writes

SBTi consults on draft net zero standard for financial institutions

Is politics ignoring the climate-and-nature crisis?

Addressing both climate and nature is a business imperative, despite the deafening political silence, argues Andrew Coburn

SBTi CEO steps down

Luiz Amaral has stepped down as chief executive of The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

Aviva calls for NDCs to become national transition plans

Countries preparing their next set of climate targets should use it as an opportunity to prepare comprehensive, national climate transition plans that can plug into those being used by financial institutions, Aviva has urged.

TransitionArc launched to 'supercharge' transition plan analysis

CDP, Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) and the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) have collaborated with Climate Arc to launch a "one-stop tool to assess corporate transitions" that a senior executive said would "supercharge" such analysis.