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S&P: $3trn of non-EU financial services companies affected by SFDR

The total market capitalisation of publicly listed financial services companies based outside the EU...

S&P: Corporate climate data misuse causing greenwashing

The unintentional misuse of climate data in risk analysis by corporations is causing 'greenwashing', S&P Global Ratings has said.

News round-up - McKinsey, M&G, Tesco, Platts, HanETF, and more

S&P's Platts launches 'green' aluminium price assessments

News Round Up: PGE, Access To Medicine, S&P Global Platts, and more

S&P and Viridios Capital to collaborate on transparency in carbon markets

News round-up: Lyxor fund launches, S&P, private investment humanitarian aid boost urged ... and more

Social surge helps 2020 sustainable bond issuance to double

After a record-breaking $600 billion sustainable bond issuance in 2020 in which diversification beyond green bonds gathered pace, expectations are high that the momentum will be carried into 2021. Ahren Lester reports

ESG Ratings in fixed income: A good start

ESG ratings should only be used as a first step when it comes to assessing issuers, a panel at Environmental Finance's ESG and Fixed Income 2020 conference heard. Ahren Lester reports

EU targets €225bn green bond issuance amid strengthened climate push

The EU said it intends to raise 30% of its €750 billion ($890 billion) Next Generation EU (NGEU) recovery fund through the issuance of green bonds, as it boosted its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions target for 2030.