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People Moves, 15 March: Low Carbon, Persefoni, New Forests, CDP, EdenTree, SBTi ... and more

SEC stumbles into battleground of climate materiality

Letting companies decide whether emissions are material to their business opens the door for disputes, writes Michael Hurley

Canada's banks are 'obstructing' net zero goals and progresses, InfluenceMap finds

Permira targets 100% of portfolio to have SBTi-validated targets by 2040

France launches €15bn green bond issuance plan

France will issue a new 25-year green bond in "coming days", as it kicks off a potential €15 billion ($16.4 billion) issuance programme for 2024, according to the country's treasury department.

COP28: Sovereign sustainability-linked finance task force launched

Eight development banks and financial institutions have launched a technical task force to support the development and growth of the sustainability-linked finance market for sovereign issuers to achieve global climate and nature goals.

SBTi asks financial institutions to pilot net zero and fossil fuels criteria

EMK Capital 'first' PE firm to gain SBTi approval

TNFD developing 'mission critical' free nature data facility

Work has begun on development of a global, publicly accessible facility to provide nature-related data that could help investors, according to a group led by the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD).

US asset manager climate ambition 'reversed' amid ESG backlash, research says

US and Japanese asset managers have been named the worst offenders for climate inaction, with the climate ambition of US managers "reversing" progress from recent years, according to analysis by InfluenceMap.