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Taking stock as the market prepares for growth

As borrowers and lenders take stock of measures to improve transparency and robustness in the sustainable loans market, ING's sustainable finance experts remain positive that the recent slowdown is a temporary pause as a stronger market emerges

'World is watching' California climate disclosure bills, CDP says

Estimated data key to plug expected gaps in UK taxonomy reports, government told

Biodiversity deserves its own sovereign assessment tool

The topic of biodiversity is sufficiently important and complex that it deserves its own version of the Assessing Sovereign Climate-related Opportunities and Risks (ASCOR) project, according to an expert working on the sovereign climate risk assessment tool.

Staying focused: sovereign climate assessment tool resists mission creep

The ground-breaking ASCOR project refuses to allow the number of indicators to 'explode' out of control, as it strives to keep the tool practicable, LSE's Antonina Scheer tells Ahren Lester

Major investor groups identify what 'good' climate policy looks like

Green steel plant raises €1.5bn in largest private placement in Europe this year

Investors including Just Climate, Singapore's Temasek and Sweden's AP2 have contributed to a €1.5 billion equity round to build the world's first green steel plant.

People moves, 8 September: Apollo, IFM Investors, Axa, Adenia Partners and PRI

$150trn investor group presses for 'clear' Australian transition plan framework

A group of investors managing more than $150 trillion in combined assets has recommended that the Australian government develop a "clear" transition plan framework for companies, based on UK and EU progress in this area.

APG lauds 'first of its kind' climate-themed real estate index for pension funds

APG has hailed a "first of its kind" climate-themed real estate index it created for its pension fund clients, which aims for a progressive reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.