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  • France considers landmark inflation-linked green bond in 2022

    13 December 2021

    France is considering issuing what is believed to be the first inflation-linked green bond in the world, as the prolific green bond issuer continues to innovate in the market.

  • SBTi launches draft financial sector net-zero 'foundations'

    11 November 2021

    The Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has published its draft net-zero 'foundations' for financial institutions aimed at creating a "common language" around net-zero concepts and target setting for the sector.

  • Ground-breaking BlackRock public-private EM climate fund exceeds target

    02 November 2021

    BlackRock has announced its flagship public-private financing Emerging Market (EM) climate infrastructure investment fund has raised more than $670 million...

  • SBTi launches Net-Zero Standard, a 'weapon against greenwashing'

    28 October 2021

  • French financial firms must draw on coal lessons for fossil fuel policies, say regulators

    26 October 2021

    French regulators have encouraged financial firms to draw lessons from their thermal coal policies for other fossil fuel sectors in order to align with the goals of the Paris Agreement...

  • SBTi says its net zero standard will tackle 'weak' corporate target-setting

    11 October 2021

    A standard for corporate net-zero target setting due to be published this month will require external verification in an effort to clamp down on "weak" and "inconsistent" pledges.

  • Goldner becomes TNFD executive director

    15 September 2021

    Tony Goldner has been appointed as the executive director of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD).

  • Can COP26 keep 1.5°C in sight?

    07 September 2021

    All eyes will be on Glasgow in November to see whether hopes of limiting warming to 1.5°C can be kept alive. Peter Cripps reports

  • French financial system 'significantly exposed' to biodiversity risk

    31 August 2021

    The French financial system is 'significantly exposed' to physical and transition biodiversity risk, according to academic research by the country's central bank

  • Majority of 'climate' funds 'not aligned with Paris Agreement'

    27 August 2021

    The majority of climate-themed equity funds are not aligned with the Paris Climate Agreement...