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Absolute versus intensity targets

Investors are increasingly calling for companies to adopt absolute emissions reductions targets, but intensity targets continue to dominate, at least for now. Genevieve Redgrave reports

Khan Bank readies debut domestic green bond in Mongolia

Mongolian lender Khan Bank is preparing to issue the first green bond in the domestic Mongolian market, just three months after making its ground-breaking international sustainable bond debut.

ESG materiality index outperforms in first year

An ESG index focused on materiality and transition has outperformed its parent index in the year since its launch.

EU publishes ESG ratings regulation, taxonomy extension

The European Commission has published a proposal for a regulation of ESG ratings providers as part of an extensive 'package' of sustainable finance proposals.

New German 30-year green bond six-times oversubscribed

Video: Enel’s Alessandro Canta on what's next for SLBs

Foresight Sustainable Forestry assets grow 3% in six months

The net asset value (NAV) of Foresight Sustainable Forestry (FSF) grew by 3.3%, it announced in its half-year results, as its afforestation projects rose in value and it generated carbon credits.

How banks facilitate the sustainable transformation in emerging markets

Christian Toben outlines the challenges faced by emerging markets as they transition towards a sustainable economy - and why financial institutions are part of the solution

ISS ESG QualityScore update focuses on climate, diversity

ISS ESG said forthcoming updates to its environmental and social disclosure QualityScore methodology will enhance prominence of climate and diversity factors in the institutional investor-focused tool, as well as reflecting greater attention on natural capital concerns.

BNP Paribas: Brazil hosting COP30 to mark climate policy shift

Brazil's recent appointment as host of COP30 will mark a new era of climate policy led by the 'global south', while highlighting the country's capacity for leading the transition to a more nature-positive world, an executive at BNP Paribas said.