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ESG 'important' for SMEs to maintain liquidity access, win work
25 August 2023 -
SBTi's financial sector framework will enhance its credibility, says IEEFA
25 August 2023The Science Based Targets initiative's (SBTi) proposed standards for financial institutions will help boost the initiative's credibility, says the Institute for Energy, Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) - although there is still room for improvement.
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NBIM: ESG ratings 'should disclose methodology change impacts'
25 August 2023Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) has urged regulators to require environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings providers to be more transparent about the impact of changes to their methodologies.
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Impact accounting framework aims for integration with ISSB, ESRS standards
25 August 2023The IFVI and the Value Balancing Alliance are developing a methodology that seeks to appropriate concepts from the world of financial accounting and could also use information from key sustainability reporting standards. Michael Hurley reports
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Stage set for record-breaking 2023 sovereign green bond issuance
25 August 2023Sovereign green bond issuance in 2023 has already exceeded the level set in the whole of 2022, and is on course to surpass the record-breaking 2021 total.
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Singapore prices SGD2.8bn green bond tap
25 August 2023Singapore is raising SGD2.8 billion ($2.1 billion) from a tap of its 50-year green bond, which takes the total raised by the city-state from its debut sovereign green bond to SGD5.2 billion.
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People moves, 25 August: CommBank, ISS ESG, JTC, Summa Equity ... and more
25 August 2023 -
Abrdn invests in Italian biomethane production
24 August 2023 -
Loan round-up: AirTrunk, Sime Darby Motors, Frasers Property ... and more
24 August 2023 -
ESG ratings are down but not out, says ESG Book
24 August 2023The use of environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings and scores are becoming less prominent in financial markets, but ESG Book said they remain a "powerful tool" for making a complex topic comprehensible and delivering investment strategies.