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  • WBA requests feedback on nature benchmark

    12 January 2022

    Investors and businesses have been invited to provide feedback on a methodology for assessing "the 1,000 most influential companies" worldwide on their contributions to nature and biodiversity-related UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • Investors urged to cut environmental crime from value chains

    12 January 2022

    Financial institutions have been told they can gain a "first-mover advantage" if they work to eradicate environmental crimes from their financing value chain, thereby avoiding likely reputation damage and potential litigation.

  • Impact report quality deters green bond fund investors

    12 January 2022

    Poor data and inadequate impact reporting are deterring many investors from making further investments in green bond funds, according to a recent Environmental Finance study.

  • Record-breaking 2021 sustainable ETF flows jump 62%

    11 January 2022

    More than $135 billion flowed into global sustainable exchange traded products (ETPs) in 2021, setting a fresh all-time high after record-breaking 2020 inflows.

  • Investors dispute FCA labelling of sustainable products

    11 January 2022

    Cardano and UKSIF have raised concerns about the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)'s proposed definitions of sustainable products.

  • Climate and social crises are top global threats for 2022

    11 January 2022

    Climate action failure, extreme weather and biodiversity loss are the top three global threats by severity, according to the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Global Risks Report 2022.

  • 'Gap set to close' in investor focus on methane of waste firms

    11 January 2022

    Stakeholders in waste management firms give them only a small amount of attention despite their significant contribution to methane emissions, US data provider FactSet has said.

  • DNB reveals extent of Dutch financial institutions' carbon emissions

    11 January 2022

    Dutch financial institutions are estimated to have financed carbon emissions of at least 82 megatonnes (Mt) in 2019, according to analysis by the country's central bank.

  • Xpansiv sees improved liquidity in voluntary carbon market

    11 January 2022

    Liquidity in the voluntary carbon market has improved, said Xpansiv, which launched a new carbon spot contract last week.

  • ISSB launches search for 11 members

    11 January 2022

    The IFRS Foundation Trustees say they have begun a search for 'up to' 11 members of a group that will devise globally applicable minimum sustainability reporting standards.