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Investors sometimes need to go on their own for nat cap projects, says BNP Paribas

Sometimes investors will need to "pave the way" for others to follow when it comes to financing natural capital projects, according to BNP Paribas, as it spoke about its new coral reef loan programme.

Governance failings dominate ESG-driven ratings actions, S&P reveals

Governance failings were the most cited reason for a raft of more than 100 ESG-driven ratings 'actions' this year, S&P Global Ratings has revealed, as it said 47 issuers have been downgraded largely for ESG reasons.

A watershed moment for impact investing in the UK?

The UK's International Investment Summit had a dedicated impact investment strand and there were numerous eye-catching commitments to allocate capital to theme, writes Kieron Boyle

ESMA calls for 'connected' sustainability and financial statements

South Korea 'reviewing' return to sovereign green bond market

The government of South Korea is currently considering the possibility of issuing another sovereign green bond, three years after its last issuance.

Verra pledges faster project reviews despite workforce cuts

Standard setter Verra pledged to speed up its project review process, in its first update since it announced plans to cut its workforce by a quarter earlier this week.

MSCI appoints Trucost founder Mattison as head of ESG and climate

Richard Mattison will join MSCI as head of ESG and climate at the end of the month, having left rival S&P Global earlier this year.

Danish regulator uncovers shortcomings in bank and insurer taxonomy reporting

Denmark's financial regulator has found widespread "shortcomings" by the country's banks and insurers in a study of the first year of mandatory reporting of taxonomy alignment under EU regulation.

Investor resources being tied up by regulatory burden, says ION Asset Management

The ever-developing sustainable finance regulatory landscape has created a growing cost to comply burden on smaller asset managers, despite lessening costs, says ION Asset Management.

'AI means investors can't hide behind ESG ratings anymore'

The "disruptive" power of artificial intelligence (AI) means investors will no longer be able to "hide behind" the use of ESG ratings, a panel heard.