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Carbon markets waiting on details before using Integrity Council principles, says IETA

Carbon market participants are waiting for more detail from the Integrity Council before they apply its core carbon principles, the International Emissions Trading Association has said.

Transition finance requires 'fundamental shift' in investor approach

Transition finance requires a "bigger leap of faith" than green bonds, as it requires a "fundamental shift" in approach from sustainable investors, according to MetLife Investment Management (MIM).

Taxonomy-linked 'greenwashing' rules could hurt EM transition financing

Regulations to tackle greenwashing which are tied to European 'green' taxonomies could inadvertently constrain "necessary" transition financing in emerging markets, according to Fidelity International.

Quantitative data is not 'cure' for transition transparency, honesty challenge

Disclosing more quantitative data will not be sufficient to "cure" issues around transparency and honesty in transition finance, investors told an Environmental Finance event.

ISSB to allow year-long delay for reporting non-climate risks and opportunities

Companies will not be required to disclose their non-climate risks and opportunities in the first year of reporting under IFRS S1, owing to a transitional relief approved by the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB).

IOSCO: Progress on sustainability assurance framework 'encouraging'

The International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has encouraged market engagement with international standard-setters to ensure "high-quality" draft sustainability assurance standards ahead of their expected publication this year.

Bank lending to emissions-intensive Japanese firms declined, BIS paper says

Japan sets timeline for disclosure standards based on ISSB work

Japanese sustainability disclosure standards based on international efforts will be ready in draft form by April 2024, with final standards published up to a year later, according to the body tasked with developing the work.

Nature financing may be 'too little, too late'

Private financing of nature-based solutions needs to ramp up to restore nature's capacity to absorb climate-related shocks - or risk leaving capital that has already been committed being "too little, too late", academics have said.

Say-on-climate 'needs more evidence', says Fidelity

Fidelity International committed to continue voting in 'say on climate' votes, but it admitted more evidence is needed that they are leading to "real world emissions reductions".