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Euro sustainable bond funds assets set €17bn record in 2022

Despite unprecedented bond market conditions, Euro sustainable bond funds continued to attract substantial fresh capital from eager investors. Ahren Lester reports

Loan round-up: State Bank of India, social loan spotlight, Enea, Kimco Realty ... and more

Abrdn: National ESG scores decline

Fidelity: SBTN will struggle to measure nature

The Science Based Targets Network (SBTN) will "struggle" to measure nature when preparing its science-based targets for nature protection, an executive at Fidelity has said.

Biden expected to veto Republican plot against ESG rule

Japan sets timeline for disclosure standards based on ISSB work

Japanese sustainability disclosure standards based on international efforts will be ready in draft form by April 2024, with final standards published up to a year later, according to the body tasked with developing the work.

Impact Investing Institute appoints CEO

The UK's Impact Investing Institute has appointed Kieron Boyle as its new chief executive officer, following Sarah Gordon's departure earlier this year.

Nature financing may be 'too little, too late'

Private financing of nature-based solutions needs to ramp up to restore nature's capacity to absorb climate-related shocks - or risk leaving capital that has already been committed being "too little, too late", academics have said.

Low-carbon benchmarks risk pulling assets from EMs, warns Prudential

Some climate indexes risk unintentionally "pulling funding away from countries that need it the most" to transform their still-developing economies, a major Asian insurer has warned.

Say-on-climate 'needs more evidence', says Fidelity

Fidelity International committed to continue voting in 'say on climate' votes, but it admitted more evidence is needed that they are leading to "real world emissions reductions".