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Standard Life pension fund is 'first' to go all-in on UK SDR

Standard Life says its default pension scheme will become the "first" to align with the UK's Sustainable Disclosure Requirements (SDR), as it intends to allocate its capital to eight funds adopting the 'Sustainability Improvers' label.

Zurich to drop oil and gas producers lacking credible transition plans by 2030

Zurich has unveiled its 2024 climate transition plan that sets interim targets and the strategy to achieve net-zero by 2050 across its insurance business, investments and operations.

Phoenix Group launches climate-aware benchmarks

Loan round-up: Verkor, Phoenix Tower International, H2O Innovation and more...

Boards need to upskill on nature, investor claims

Boardroom education is needed to help companies integrate nature-based considerations into decision making, a financial services firm told an Environmental Finance event.

Lack of nature-related scenarios a challenge for target setting, insurers say

While insurers increasingly consider nature and biodiversity in their investment programmes, leveraging the work done on climate to set targets on nature is not always an easy fit..

UK pensions taskforce tells regulators to consider requiring disclosures on social aspects

'Improvements needed across the board' on nature targets, says Phoenix

Improvements are needed "across the board" to help scale up nature target setting - but particularly on data and investor methodologies, Phoenix Group has said.

People Moves, 1 March: South Pole, PRI, Blue Earth Capital, United Bankers ... and more

Natural Capital Investment EMEA: early bird ends on Friday

The early bird rate for Environmental Finance's fifth annual Natural Capital Investment EMEA conference ends on Friday, so register now to save 20% on the delegate fee.