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The accountability backlash has begun

Companies appear increasingly less tolerant of shareholders' dissenting opinions on risk management, governance, and pay, writes Lindsey Stewart

Decline of Article 9 funds nearing end and Article 8 continues to soar, Barclays finds

The decline of funds classified as Article 9 under the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) is set to reverse, Barclays has claimed.

Landmark moment as climate risks included in 'Magna Carta of banking supervision'

Prominent central bankers have welcomed the inclusion of climate change among a group of potentially material risks to financial stability in the global banking supervision principles for the first time, meaning regulators and banks must identify and address such risks.

Mirova to question companies on biodiversity commitments ahead of AGMs

Solas Capital funds Spanish solar PV portfolio

MDBs set to increase GSSS commitments, Sustainable Fitch claims

European Parliament votes to 'break down' composite ESG ratings

The European Parliament has given the go-ahead to 'world first' regulation on ESG ratings, which encourages an end to the use of aggregate ratings that give an overall sustainability score.

'Dividing line' between transition and business strategies is fading fast

The convergence of climate transition and financial business strategies is becoming more prominent and is helping drive greater sophistication in transition planning by issuers, sustainable finance experts told an Environmental Finance event.

Financial accounting of net-zero commitments? Not yet, IASB says

A decision on whether net-zero commitments should be recognised under IAS 37 lays bare an expectation gap between backward-looking financial accounting and forward-looking sustainability perspectives. Vincent Huck reports

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