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Paris-aligned benchmarks boom but are they helping the transition? Part one

Asset owners are placing money in Paris-aligned benchmarks at a quickening rate but questioned whether they facilitate the transition. Michael Hurley reports

Calls for the ISSB to place greater focus on transition

Some investors argue the International Sustainability Standards Board needs to place the transition to a net zero economy at the heart of its forthcoming standards. Michael Hurley reports

Kunming Declaration agreed at biodiversity COP

The 'Kunming Declaration' on biodiversity has been agreed by more than 100 countries...

AI and NLP unlock emerging market ESG data

Amundi launches first 'just transition' climate fund

Amundi has repurposed a green bond fund as a broader fixed income fund that combines considerations of a socially inclusive 'just transition' with climate. It is believed to be the first fund with this focus.

Amundi threatens to divest State Bank of India's green bonds over coal project

$20trn of investors urge firms to set science-based targets

Integrating inequalities: a new challenge for institutional investors

Investors must start to consider their role in tackling inequality, argues Jean-Jacques Barbéris

IFC's emerging market green bond fund set to close 'in weeks'

The IFC and Amundi's emerging market green bond fund is expected to launch officially early next month, Environmental Finance has learned.