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Biodiversity and climate targeted in ABP's €30bn impact investment pledge

Dutch pension fund ABP has identified climate and biodiversity solutions as key themes of a €30 billion impact investment drive.

Net zero frameworks are 'missing' avoided emissions

A standardised accounting method for calculating 'avoided emissions' is necessary to support net zero transition plans, Natixis and Mirova tell Michael Hurley

Australian disclosure standards' divergence from ISSB risks fragmentation, NBIM says

The divergence of proposed Australian climate disclosure standards from International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards risks undermining comparability of sustainability reports, according to Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM).

Climate Fund Managers to manage $1.3bn African blended finance energy fund

Climate Fund Managers is to manage a blended finance fund focused on Southern African energy transmission infrastructure, which hopes to raise $1.3 billion.

Gender board diversity closely linked with credit rating, Moody's claims

Two-thirds of US executives worried about ability to comply with SEC rules, survey says

Netherlands central bank first to carry out LEAP assessment

De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), the Netherlands central bank, has become the first central bank to carry out a LEAP (Locate, Evaluate, Assess and Prepare) assessment.

Impact bonds to benefit from 'favourable' regulatory landscape in 2024, Insight Investment predicts

Impact bonds should benefit from a "more favourable" interest rate environment in 2024, as the market and regulatory landscape matures, predicted David McNeil, head of responsible investment research at Insight Investment.

Sectoral finance plans and extended SFDR in PRI 'roadmap' for EU policy reform

ISS to provide anti-ESG proxy voting service to US public pensions

ISS has made proxy voting guidelines available to US public pensions which have been "designed for investors who wish to counter the promotion of ESG ideology by political activists".