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  • Eiopa launches free app to help with physical climate risk modelling

    17 May 2023

    The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa) has launched free software in a bid to help bring climate and natural catastrophe modelling to a wider range of users.

  • EF Sustainable Company Awards 2023 open for entries

    16 May 2023

    Environmental Finance's Sustainable Company Awards 2023 are now open to entries.

  • Schroders launches carbon-offset tranche of climate fund

    16 May 2023

    Schroders has started to offer investors a way of offsetting the carbon emissions associated with one of its climate-themed funds.

  • Hong Kong's reporting changes to 'enhance disclosures in mainland China'

    16 May 2023

    Upcoming changes to reporting standards in Hong Kong could enhance sustainability reporting across mainland China, Sustainable Fitch has said.

  • LGIM increasing engagement on biodiversity

    16 May 2023

    Last year marked a "step change" in Legal & General Investment Management's (LGIM) engagement on biodiversity, and it continues to be one of its key themes for 2023, the company has said.

  • GSAM: 36% of European investors ready to invest in social bonds

    16 May 2023

    More investors are expected to switch some of their conventional bond allocation to social bonds, Bram Bos tells Ahren Lester

  • Gender equality a rising priority for Japanese investors, says Sustainable Fitch

    16 May 2023

    Gender equality has risen as a priority for institutional investors and bond issuers in the Japanese market, following an increase in gender-focused regulations in the country, Sustainable Fitch has said.

  • L&G, Octopus invest £70m in ground source heat pumps

    16 May 2023

    Legal & General Capital and Octopus Energy's generation arm have invested a combined £70 million ($88 million) in UK-based ground source heat pump manufacturer and installer Kensa Group.

  • SMBC enhances climate-risk framework

    16 May 2023

    Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation has developed a new climate-risk framework and announced it will review each customer's transition risk response by this summer.

  • IIGCC unveils TCFD-style guidance to boost private equity climate action

    16 May 2023

    Guidance for private equity investors on how to measure progress towards achieving 'net zero' greenhouse gas emissions has been published.