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  • Fidelity pens first deal for real estate climate impact fund

    25 October 2023

  • Australia invites comments on ISSB-based disclosure rules

    25 October 2023

  • The Future of ESG Data conference: ISSB 'will help transform Wild West ESG data market'

    17 October 2023

    The work of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) will help transform the Wild West of ESG data, a panel exploring potential game changers for the market heard.

  • The Future of ESG Data conference: EU CSRD reporting does 'not satisfy' ISSB reporting, says ISSB

    16 October 2023

    The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) said that EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)-aligned reporting does "not satisfy" its reporting standards due to its inclusion of 'double materiality' considerations.

  • ISSB's Faber: Double materiality should not be 'a battlefield'

    13 October 2023

    The chair of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has said standard setters are not "in battle" over the decision of whether to incorporate 'double materiality' approaches, arguing that there is an urgent need to end this "divisive narrative".

  • CA-CIB publishes 'five steps' to green banking transition

    11 October 2023

    Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank (CA-CIB) has published the 'five steps' to greening banking operations based on its own experience, in a report from an International Finance Corporation (IFC)-led bank alliance.

  • ICMA: 'Clearly declining trend' to SLB 'greenwashing' controversies

    10 October 2023

    The number of 'greenwashing' controversies related to sustainability-linked bond (SLB) issuances has fallen significantly since the start of 2023, according to research by the International Capital Market Association (ICMA).

  • Exclusionary strategies could spark 7% drop in stock prices of 'brown' firms, BIS report says

    02 October 2023

    The exclusion of high-emitting 'brown' firms by sustainability-minded investors could lead to a 7.1% drop in stock prices of these firms over 10 years, according to a modelling exercise by academics.

  • Natural Capital Investment Americas 2023: TNFD 'will need filtering before integration into ISSB'

    26 September 2023

    The recently released recommendations of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) will need to be "filtered" before being integrated into the standards created by the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), one of the IFRS Foundation's directors has suggested.

  • The importance of developing sustainability reporting standards for the public sector

    26 September 2023

    As the baseline for private sector sustainability reporting is finalized, the public sector has started to build on this to address its own specific needs, writes Ian Carruthers