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Climate risks may cost infra investors $600bn by 2050

ING to phase out oil and gas financing by 2040

Bond round-up: Colombia, Metawater, Mitsui OSK Lines ... and more

World Economic Forum launches biodiversity credit platform amid predictions of $2bn market

Nikko Asset Management to acquire share in Tikehau Capital

European FIs 'heavily exposed' to nature risks, warns Commission

European financial institutions are "heavily exposed" to nature-related risks, the European Commission's Joint Research Centre has found, warning this could have "dire consequences" for the financial system.

Regulators need to act on greenwashing because market is failing to punish it, ESMA reports

Companies criticised for overstating their sustainability credentials have not yet seen their share prices substantially negatively impacted - which strengthens the case for intervention by regulators, according to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA).

UK presses ahead with listing reform, despite investors' corporate governance warnings

Fresh proposals to overhaul UK listing rules show "little sign that widely held and clearly communicated investor concerns about weakening corporate governance standards have been taken into account," one of the country's largest pension funds has warned.

Innovative nature-based solutions starved of capital, says Oxford University

Investors are currently only investing in established nature-based solutions (NBS) with traditional returns and safer risk-return profiles, Oxford University has said, warning this leaves more innovative investments, with wider benefits, lacking capital.

Engaging on biodiversity

Rachael Monteiro explains how WHEB has been engaging with companies to put biodiversity on their sustainability agenda