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2024 will be key to defining quality shareholder engagement, says UBS

The coming year will see greater emphasis on outcomes of shareholder engagement on ESG issues, according to UBS Asset Management.

NIB aims for record 2024 green bond issuance after stellar start

2024 could prove a landmark year for the long-standing green bond issuer amid updates to its framework and record issuance volumes on the cards, Jens Hellerup tells Ahren Lester

Bond round-up: France, EIB, Enel ... and more

NBIM calls for more transparency, regulation in ESG ratings

Norway's sovereign wealth fund has called for greater transparency in ESG ratings, and backed the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) principles for regulating the market.

NBIM invests €307m in southern Europe renewables portfolio

Bain Capital and Pala Investments back nature-based carbon project investor

Enel returns to sustainability-linked bonds with €1.75bn deal

The biggest issuer of sustainability-linked bonds (SLB) has returned to the market after nearly a year's absence.

Singapore taxonomy a sign of things to come for transition finance, says Fitch

Singapore's sustainability taxonomy is an internationally significant development that is likely to kick-start financing deals for 'transition' activities, Sustainable Fitch has said.

Making the case for investment allocations to natural capital

Institutional investors are under-exposed to the natural capital asset class, which offers diversification benefits, ESG upside and potential for outperformance, says Climate Asset Management's Ben O'Donnell.

The birth of a biodiversity offset market

Dasos Habitat Foundation and Eurowind Energy have entered into a first-of-its-kind biodiversity offset transaction, to compensate for the residual impacts on nature that will be caused by a proposed Finnish wind farm. Tapani Pahkasalo explains the thinking behind the novel transaction.