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  • Hold agribusiness to account for impacts on nature, expert group urges

    10 August 2023

    Robust governance frameworks should be introduced that force food commodity traders to provide "full traceability and enhanced transparency" of their impacts on nature, in a way that would help investors accurately value products and their impacts, an expert group has urged.

  • Loan round-up: Queenstown Airport, Renewi, Lumos Fiber ... and more

    10 August 2023
  • Blackstone raises $7bn for 'energy transition' private credit fund

    10 August 2023

    US investment management giant Blackstone has raised $7.1 billion at final close of its energy transition credit fund, in what it claimed is the largest such private credit fund globally.

  • EU reporting standards to 'drive demand for' renewables certificates

    10 August 2023
  • UK pensions strategy to target emerging markets 'just transition' investments

    10 August 2023
  • Apollo Impact acquires materials recycling company

    10 August 2023
  • Assurance on sustainability disclosures: A Q&A with IAASB

    10 August 2023

    Standards for sustainability assurance will boost investor and regulator confidence in sustainability disclosures, IAASB says. Michael Hurley reports

  • CommBank oil and gas funding exit sends 'stark warning' to industry

    09 August 2023

    The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CommBank) has ruled out direct finance for any new or expanded oil and gas projects in its updated climate policy, described by one campaigner as putting the lender "well above its peers" on climate.

  • Bond round-up: Akbank, Tier 2 spotlight, IDB Invest ... and more

    09 August 2023
  • Surprise as S&P drop ESG scores from credit ratings

    09 August 2023

    The retreat from ESG scoring from the credit rating agency has flagged concerns around ESG transparency and the impact of anti-ESG sentiment, Ahren Lester writes