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French regulator highlights lack of consistency and granularity in insurers' climate disclosures

French life insurers' climate disclosures relating to their investment strategies are heterogeneous, incomplete and lack granularity, according to the French prudential regulator, Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR).

Rise of AI can benefit impact data, APG says

The application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to identify and organise data presents opportunities in areas including sustainability-related impacts, according to one of Europe's largest asset managers.

Key themes driving the ESG agenda in 2024

Adaptation, transition, biodiversity and inequality are areas to watch this year, writes Mariella Rice-Jones

Vidia Equity acquires German solar installer

IFRS publishes resource for GRI and ISSB conformity

Macquarie closes infra fund at €8bn

UK rejects calls for more ESG reporting in revised corporate governance code

Biodiversity credit standard setter warns against use of offsets

Carbon and biodiversity credit certification scheme Cercarbono has warned against the use of biodiversity credits as offsets but argued that governments need to back the mechanism, even in the absence of compliance markets.

Germany to raise €2bn from inaugural 2024 green bonds

EU urged to extend deforestation legislation to financial institutions