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SocGen biodiversity-screened indexes expand with Japanese focus

Solactive has focused on Japan in an expansion of its Société Générale-licensed biodiversity-screened index series with three new indexes, informed by Iceberg Data Lab.

Indian regulator approves ESG reporting system, ESG ratings regulation

The Indian securities market regulator has approved plans for a new 'streamlined' ESG reporting system and regulation of providers of ESG ratings in a bid to increase confidence in disclosures.

SDI AOP launches SDG investment assessment platform

The Sustainable Development Investments Asset Owner Platform (SDI AOP) has launched an online platform, which it said will allow investors to assess the contribution of their portfolios to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Investor targets $500m with Greenland water shipping fund

'It's time to stop step-up-only sustainability-linked bonds'

A senior European banker has argued it is time for sustainability-linked bonds to be issued with both step-up and step-down coupons, to deal with the "thorny" topic of investors effectively being rewarded for issuers missing their targets.

Legislation driving investors to address plastic pollution, says CDP

Investors are increasingly ready to disclose information on plastic pollution in their portfolios, in part because of incoming legislation, according to CDP.

Union Investment: SLBs can have impact

The market needs to promote the strongest SLBs rather than just pile-in on the weakest in order to support the development of a potentially valuable instrument, Union Investment's Johannes Böhm tells Ahren Lester.

Munich Re leaves the NZIA, citing antitrust concerns

Munich Re has discontinued its membership of the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA), a coalition of insurers that have committed to cut their underwriting and investment portfolios to net-zero emissions by 2050.

UK green finance strategy 'fails to address challenge of financing transition'

The UK's green finance strategy has been accused of "failing to address the ... challenge of financing the overall energy transition" by not explaining how the country aims to promote investment to decarbonise its economy.

ICVCM and its carbon principles are 'too late to the party', CfRN claims

The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) has arrived too late for carbon markets, an executive at sovereign market proponent CfRN has claimed, on the day it released its core carbon principles.