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Nature risk tool ENCORE launches 'major' upgrade

UN-backed nature risk assessment tool ENCORE has undergone a 'major' upgrade to support reporting in line with the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD).

The next UK government's transition opportunity

British voters want the next government to seize the economic opportunities of the green transition, writes James Alexander

CPP says lack of interim net zero target helps it make transition investments

CPP Investments has committed to reduce its emissions to net zero by 2050, but has declined to set an interim target, arguing this allows it to invest in high-emitting companies to help them transition.

Japan: Australia 'should have issued a transition bond'

A senior Japanese government official said Australia should have pursued a 'transition bond' label for its sovereign sustainable bond programme as a way of encouraging key hard-to-abate sectors to start seriously thinking about their own transition.

MSCI and Moody's join forces in 'ground-breaking' partnership

MSCI and Moody's have teamed up in a "ground-breaking" strategic partnership that will grant them to access to each other's sustainability and business data.

CA100+ loses support from two more US asset managers

US-based AllianceBernstein and Allspring have become the latest asset managers to quit the Climate Action 100+.

Orchard Street impact fund buys industrial estate for £21m

New ICMA metrics could help 'accelerate' biodiversity finance

An influential list of key performance indicators (KPIs) deemed appropriate for structuring sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) has been updated - with the newly added metrics dominated by biodiversity-related datapoints, reflecting keen investor interest in the theme.

'Greenwashing' is the 'Loch Ness monster' of the green bond market

A veteran green bond market participant said 'greenwashing' was not really present in the green bond market despite substantial hand-wringing around the topic.

Vidia acquires Danish wind business