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  • M&G increases commitment for responAbility's gender-focused fund

    02 July 2024
  • Sustainable bond market sees weakest first-half issuance for four years

    02 July 2024

    Sustainable bond issuance in 2024 has crossed the $500 billion milestone in 2024, but remains 14% behind 2023 totals as all four major labels experience a slowdown and market share weakens.

  • Swathes of world's largest companies 'way off' meeting CSDDD

    02 July 2024

    About 80% of the world's largest companies fail to meet any key elements of human rights due diligence, illustrating the urgent need for guidance as most of these companies brace for incoming EU regulation, according to a ranking of companies.

  • Nature risk tool ENCORE launches 'major' upgrade

    02 July 2024

    UN-backed nature risk assessment tool ENCORE has undergone a 'major' upgrade to support reporting in line with the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD).

  • The next UK government's transition opportunity

    02 July 2024

    British voters want the next government to seize the economic opportunities of the green transition, writes James Alexander

  • CPP says lack of interim net zero target helps it make transition investments

    02 July 2024

    CPP Investments has committed to reduce its emissions to net zero by 2050, but has declined to set an interim target, arguing this allows it to invest in high-emitting companies to help them transition.

  • Japan: Australia 'should have issued a transition bond'

    02 July 2024

    A senior Japanese government official said Australia should have pursued a 'transition bond' label for its sovereign sustainable bond programme as a way of encouraging key hard-to-abate sectors to start seriously thinking about their own transition.

  • MSCI and Moody's join forces in 'ground-breaking' partnership

    01 July 2024

    MSCI and Moody's have teamed up in a "ground-breaking" strategic partnership that will grant them to access to each other's sustainability and business data.

  • CA100+ loses support from two more US asset managers

    01 July 2024

    US-based AllianceBernstein and Allspring have become the latest asset managers to quit the Climate Action 100+.

  • Orchard Street impact fund buys industrial estate for £21m

    01 July 2024