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  • Investor Agenda adds deforestation to transition plan guidance

    12 July 2023

  • Severe ESG controversies lead to 5% share underperformance

    12 July 2023

  • Some APAC banks "double counting" climate contributions, warns Fitch

    12 July 2023

    While banks in Asia Pacific's developed markets are making "good progress" on the transition, Fitch Group's CreditSights warned some may be artificially enlarging and double counting their contributions to climate change.

  • Progress on JETPs 'slower than expected', says Sustainable Fitch

    12 July 2023

    Progress on the UN's Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs) has been slower than expected, but taxonomies that include transitional activities could help emerging markets meet their decarbonisation targets, Sustainable Fitch has told Environmental Finance.

  • France moves closer to requiring 'say on climate' transition plans

    12 July 2023

    Companies listed in France would be required to give investors a 'say on climate' transition plans and their implementation, under plans set to be discussed in Parliament this month.

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  • Mirova: EU Green Bond Standard weak on impact reporting rules

    12 July 2023

    Felipe Gordillo says the EU should have gone further on impact reporting requirements in its landmark green bond regulation. Ahren Lester reports

  • Cibus-managed fund to deploy $200m to glasshouse food growers

    11 July 2023

    A Cibus-managed fund aims to deploy $200 million via a platform it has set up to invest in fruit and vegetable growers using sustainable glasshouses, Environmental Finance understands.

  • US investors expect ISSB alignment, despite ESG backlash

    11 July 2023

    Many investors in North America expect the market to align with the International Sustainability Standards Board's (ISSB) climate and sustainability standards, despite the growing ESG backlash in the US.

  • NBIM tells EU to change course on mandatory ESRS climate, social disclosure

    11 July 2023

    Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) said the European Commission should change plans to make some key climate and social corporate disclosure standards voluntary rather than mandatory.