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  • Sustainable bond fund assets dip to $34bn in 2022

    28 February 2023

    Despite a bumper crop of fund launches and many established funds reporting robust net inflows, global sustainable bond fund assets fell more than 6% as tough markets dragged on performance. Ahren Lester reports

  • Biodiversity fund assets triple in 2022 to nearly $1bn

    27 February 2023

    Assets in biodiversity funds passed $984 million at the end of 2022, with a flurry of strategy launches despite macroeconomic woes, Thomas Cox reports

  • IFC adds 'blue,' biodiversity projects to green bond framework

    14 February 2023

  • ISSB reporting slated to begin in 2025

    07 February 2023

  • Calls for the ISSB to place greater focus on transition

    02 February 2023

    Some investors argue the International Sustainability Standards Board needs to place the transition to a net zero economy at the heart of its forthcoming standards. Michael Hurley reports

  • Q&A with Sue Lloyd

    01 February 2023

    Supporting company reporting of sustainability impacts outside the ISSB's financial materiality remit will be part of future work, the vice-chair of the standards body tells Michael Hurley

  • Explainer: The state of play with the ISSB

    31 January 2023

    As the proposed international baseline for corporate sustainability reporting enters a potentially defining few weeks, Michael Hurley presents the state of play

  • Encouraging transition should be core to ISSB standards, Amundi says

    31 January 2023

    Standard-setters such as the International Standards Board (ISSB) should place greater emphasis on ensuring corporate disclosure of transition plans is detailed enough to help institutional investors, according to Europe's largest asset manager.

  • People Moves 20 January: UBS, Federated Hermes, CalPERS, Prudential, Nordea and more...

    20 January 2023

  • ISSB to allow omission of commercially sensitive information

    20 January 2023