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Singapore lets firms pay carbon taxes with Gold Standard credits

Singapore-based companies will be allowed to buy Gold Standard carbon credits to meet part of their carbon tax obligations.

$3.7trn water risk to US, research says

Swiss Life AM launches second renewable energy infrastructure fund

HSBC and Temasek launch sustainable loan company

HSBC and Temasek have launched Pentagreen Capital - a debt financing company for sustainable infrastructure projects, with an initial focus on Southeast Asia.

Chinese firms 'must improve ESG' in APAC listing pivot from US

Chinese companies delisting from the US may need to improve their environmental, social and governance (ESG) approach if they wish to shift their secondary listing to Hong Kong or Singapore...

People Moves 26 August: ISSB, Barclays, Citi, Swiss Re, BCG and more...

SEC rules may 'compel' companies to link pay to ESG, commissioner says

Rules that require US-listed companies to describe the link between financial performance and how much they pay their executives could mean that boards feel "compelled" to link remuneration to sustainability metrics, a senior official suggested.

The UK's Net Zero Strategy: A new era for climate litigation

A watershed moment for climate litigation has implications for companies, investors and policymakers, argue Mark Clarke and Janina Moutia-Bloom

Shrinking sovereign greenium 'can no longer be taken for granted'

Worsening market liquidity is shrinking the size of the 'greenium' for sovereign, sub-sovereign, supranational and agency (SSA) green bond issuers...

Aviva invests £73m in social housing trust