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Axa chief: NZIA disintegration marks 'a sad chapter'

Axa's chief executive Thomas Buberl has described the exodus of insurers - including Axa - from the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA) "as a sad chapter".

Aviva Investors finances renewable infrastructure acquisition

SIX Swiss Exchange crosses 100 green bond milestone

Impact measurement 'can lead to perverse incentives'

Focus less on measuring impact, and more on companies with impactful products and services, Robbie Miles tells Genevieve Redgrave

Growing number of sustainable food companies in need of capital, says ResponsAbility

While there has previously been a lack of investable opportunities in food and agriculture in emerging markets, there are now many innovative companies in need of capital, ResponsAbility has said.

US IRA set to 'trigger' global sustainable investment

The huge US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) should prove a "catalyst" for global sustainable investment, as other regions respond to the anti-competitive US government support with their own programmes, Standard Chartered has said.

ESG ratings 'disincentivise' climate solution providers, Veolia CEO argues

ESG ratings disincentivise companies that provide solutions to help other companies decarbonise, the CEO of Veolia has argued.

Loan round-up: ESR, Urban Logistics REIT, EDP ... and more

S&P, Moody's join ESG private credit reporting project

Investor backers of a private credit focused ESG reporting harmonisation project have crossed $6 trillion in assets, whilst credit rating agencies S&P Global and Moody's Investors have also joined the initiative.

A first stab: French institutions try to calculate their biodiversity footprints

As French financial institutions for the first time estimate the scale of their impacts on nature, the numbers look bleak - but not comparable. Thomas Cox writes