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Projects linked to suspended account placed on hold by Verra
14 June 2024Verra has placed several projects linked to a suspended account on hold pending a formal review after Brazil's Operation Greenwashing alleged a criminal organisation was suspected of selling BRL180 million ($33.6 million) in carbon credits.
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UK climate tech start-ups face 'valleys of death'
14 June 2024UK climate tech start-ups will need more support if the country is serious about the transition to a low-carbon economy, panellists at a Barclays roundtable said.
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BIS and MAS develop 'blueprint' for regulators' climate data platform
14 June 2024The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have developed a 'blueprint' for a proposed climate data platform they said could help financial regulators understand emerging climate-related risks.
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Qatar Central Bank publishes 'important' financial sector sustainability strategy
13 June 2024The Qatar Central Bank (QCB) has published its sustainability strategy for the financial sector, which includes plans to develop a sustainable taxonomy and guidelines for sustainable debt instruments - including sukuk.
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Loan round-up: Cromwell Property, JC International ... and more
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The role of national standard-setters in delivering ESRS
13 June 2024The governance of national standard-setters varies greatly across the European Union, with implications for how the reporting standards are implemented, writes Philippe Diaz
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Companies leaving it late to do double materiality assessment, PwC survey suggests
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Regen agriculture report highlights financing challenges
13 June 2024Regenerative agriculture will need to go through a "maturity curve", advisory and investment firm Pollination has said, arguing that large institutional capital and concessional finance will need to enter the market at scale.
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Artesian, Carbon Collective launch $10m short-duration green bond ETF
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Observers bemoan lack of progress on NDCs, climate finance at key pre-COP meeting
13 June 2024Country negotiators at a key meeting intended to "set the table" for discussions at COP29 in November have made very little progress on key issues including national pledges to the Paris Agreement and a new climate finance target, according to E3G.