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COP29: GFANZ backs call for regulators to define coal phaseout as transition finance
12 November 2024Governments and regulators could help investors by 'clarifying' that finance provided to accelerate the phaseout of coal plants counts as transition finance, according to the first report by the Coal Transition Commission (CTC) published at COP29.
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The great ESG data free-for-all
10 July 2023The business model of commercial data providers faces disruption in coming years amid the launch of free data platforms, writes Michael Hurley
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'It will help us have more honest conversations'
27 June 2023Investors welcome the IFRS sustainability standards and say, by boosting comparability, they will aid engagement. Michael Hurley reports
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BoE's Breeden warns against 'paper decarbonisation'
01 June 2022There is a risk of a failed energy transition if financial institutions do not back up their transition plans with investment to decarbonise heavy-emitting activities, a senior Bank of England official has warned.