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MAS encourages nature's inclusion in transition plans

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has called for nature loss to be addressed within transition plans, as part of transition planning guidance for financial institutions.

UK taskforce requests feedback on social factors in pensions investments

IDB Invest raises MXN3.5bn from third social bond

US still 'fertile ground' despite ESG pushback, says NY Green Bank

Media coverage of the growing anti-ESG backlash in the US fails to recognise the growing sustainable investment opportunities in the states, the New York Green Bank said.

Transition 'should be better captured in financed emissions metrics'

Current approaches to calculate so-called 'financed emissions' risk missing the potential future emissions reductions and penalising financial institutions that provide such capital, argues Satoshi Ikeda, chief sustainable finance officer at the Financial Services Agency (FSA).

Third quarter sustainable bond issuance slumps on green bond lull

Sustainable bond issuance in the third quarter of 2023 sunk to levels not seen for three years, as green bonds struggled to cross the $100 billion quarterly total for the first time since 2020.

People Moves, 20 October: Charles Stanley, Barclays, Legal & General and more

CPP votes against 70 directors for failed climate risk planning

Article 6 - A new dawn for carbon markets?

There are hopes that the operational rules of Article 6 will be finalised at COP28, writes Anshari Rahman

Chile raises UF24m from landmark sustainability-linked bond

Chile has raised UF24 million ($925 million) from its first sovereign sustainability-linked bond (SLB) issued in the local non-circulating currency, with the inflation-linked deal more than three times oversubscribed and attracting international investors.