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EU Platform announces data, taxonomy working group leads

Representatives of Axa Investment Managers and SEB have been appointed to lead groups in the EU Platform on data, usability and monitoring capital flows towards sustainable investments.

Hannover Re also parts ways with the NZIA

Hannover Re has left the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA) becoming the third re/insurer to depart the alliance in the last four weeks.

Hong Kong to make ISSB-aligned disclosures mandatory

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing has announced plans to make climate-related disclosures mandatory in ESG reports from 1 January, 2024.

Bond round-up: TAQA, UAE issuance spotlight, Austria, Hera ... and more

UNEP FI: Finance can already use draft TNFD, despite data gaps

Data gaps need not prevent financial institutions from applying the draft recommendations of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), UNEP FI has claimed.

German 'engagement platform' group to push BaFin for legal assurances

A group developing a German "platform" for collaborative sustainability engagement is to ask regulator BaFin to approve its process, to allay investor fears of being punished for acting in concert.

Austria raises €3bn from shorter-dated green bond

Austria has raised €3 billion ($3.3 billion) from its second green bond as the country looks to build out the yield curve for its green bond programme...

Take action 'ahead of regulation', urges Bank of England

The Bank of England has urged financial institutions to take action on sustainability and not wait for policy and regulation to be developed.

Investors 'given free hand' to define sustainable investment under SFDR

The European Commission has declined a request to define what constitutes a sustainable investment under SFDR, a decision which has split industry experts, Michael Hurley writes

Mirova's natural capital investments reach €676m