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  • EU calls on investors to create more transition finance products

    14 June 2023

    The European Commission has called on financial institutions to offer more transition-related financing solutions as well as integrate transition plans further into their risk assessments.

  • Absolute versus intensity targets

    14 June 2023

    Investors are increasingly calling for companies to adopt absolute emissions reductions targets, but intensity targets continue to dominate, at least for now. Genevieve Redgrave reports

  • Khan Bank readies debut domestic green bond in Mongolia

    14 June 2023

    Mongolian lender Khan Bank is preparing to issue the first green bond in the domestic Mongolian market, just three months after making its ground-breaking international sustainable bond debut.

  • ESG materiality index outperforms in first year

    14 June 2023

    An ESG index focused on materiality and transition has outperformed its parent index in the year since its launch.

  • EU publishes ESG ratings regulation, taxonomy extension

    13 June 2023

    The European Commission has published a proposal for a regulation of ESG ratings providers as part of an extensive 'package' of sustainable finance proposals.

  • New German 30-year green bond six-times oversubscribed

    13 June 2023
  • Video: Enel’s Alessandro Canta on what's next for SLBs

  • Foresight Sustainable Forestry assets grow 3% in six months

    13 June 2023

    The net asset value (NAV) of Foresight Sustainable Forestry (FSF) grew by 3.3%, it announced in its half-year results, as its afforestation projects rose in value and it generated carbon credits.

  • How banks facilitate the sustainable transformation in emerging markets

    13 June 2023

    Christian Toben outlines the challenges faced by emerging markets as they transition towards a sustainable economy - and why financial institutions are part of the solution

  • ISS ESG QualityScore update focuses on climate, diversity

    13 June 2023

    ISS ESG said forthcoming updates to its environmental and social disclosure QualityScore methodology will enhance prominence of climate and diversity factors in the institutional investor-focused tool, as well as reflecting greater attention on natural capital concerns.