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  • 'Too much expectation on financial institutions in transition to net zero', says UBS

    19 January 2023

    Too much burden is placed on financial institutions in the transition to net zero, while NGOs are too quick to "give grief" to those who set transition targets, warned UBS.

  • SLBs at 'inflection point' in 2023 as sustainable bond market rebounds

    19 January 2023

    After struggling in late 2022, S&P's Dennis Sugrue tells Ahren Lester the sustainability-linked bond market needs to face up to its significant challenges to return as a driver rather than drag on sustainable bond growth in 2023

  • First US central bank-led climate analysis to assess risks to real estate

    18 January 2023

    The six largest US banks are to study the exposure of their real estate portfolios to physical risks posed by climate change, in the country's first climate scenario analysis exercise led by the Federal Reserve Board.

  • S&P: $1trn sustainable bond market could return in 2023

    17 January 2023

    S&P Global Ratings has forecast that the sustainable bond market could return to being a trillion dollar market in 2023, with growth expected to comfortably exceed that of the broader bond market.

  • IAASB says sustainability assurance standards urgently needed

    17 January 2023
  • Investors should 'bundle' forestry assets to limit risk exposure, say academics

    16 January 2023
  • Video: Joanne Khew (Eastspring Investments) on bondholder engagement

    13 January 2023

    Joanne Khew shares her view on the importance of bondholder engagement and how investors in green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked (GSSS) bonds can stimulate discussions around the Paris Agreement

  • People Moves 13th January: PRI, Standard Chartered, Bridges Fund Management and more...

    13 January 2023
  • Asian banks need to better manage nature-related risk, says WWF

    12 January 2023

    Banks in Asia must act to effectively manage nature-related risks and supply chain traceability in the wake of the latest UN biodiversity summit, WWF-Singapore has said.

  • Video: Tze Khai Poh (MAS) on Singapore's first sovereign green bond issuance

    12 January 2023

    Tze Khai Poh shares his key experiences and takeaways from Singapore's first sovereign green bond issuance