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IFRS unveils guide to materiality assessment for sustainability reports

BNP Paribas targets $500m for developed markets forestry fund

BNP Paribas Asset Management has launched a sustainable forestry fund for developed markets, which could play a role in a potential move into the biodiversity credit market.

Fidelity adopts 'Sustainability Focus' label for fund trio

COP29: Private sector partners with policymakers, regulators for transition plan network

COP29: Investors underwhelmed by Global South investable pipeline

The pipeline of investable projects in the Global South is lacking, delegates at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan have heard.

IFC invests $25m for African solar initiative

COP29 finance day: Harmonisation initiatives the highlight of underwhelming day

Multi-jurisdiction taxonomies and a push for harmonised transition plan rules stole the headlines, as finance proved a sticking point, Michael Hurley writes

COP29: Drafted 33-page NCQG text 'disappointing', says WWF

The updated 33-page text on the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on climate finance supplied at COP29 last night is a "disappointing" development, according to WWF International.

BII provides $30m derisking Nigerian infra guarantee business

IOSCO encourages regulators to clarify issuers' liability for transition plans

Standard setters and regulators have been "encourage[d]" to provide "markers on what would constitute forward-looking information" to show preparers of transition plans the extent of information they can provide without expecting to be sued.