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FCA publishes examples of good practice for sustainability labels

IIGCC CEO calls for 'ambitious' NCQG ahead of COP29

A more "ambitious" New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on climate finance could help avoid a delay to global climate action and give clear recognition of the private sector's role, the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) said.

Facing the antimicrobial resistance threat

The involvement of investors is essential to addressing the scale and threat of the crisis, writes Emma Berntman

Sustainable bonds 'more attractive' to investors if primary spend is clear, says APG

Sustainable bond issuers have been urged to make it clear to investors where they primarily intend to allocate spending, according to pension fund investment firm APG - even if such guidance has to be qualitative rather than quantitative.

European Leaders at COP16 are Helping Protect Indigenous Lands

Protecting 30% of the Earth should not mean expelling Indigenous Peoples and local communities from their land, write Dr. James C. Deutsch and Dr. Viviana Figueroa

From COP to coop

While COP16 is important, it is also worth paying attention to a bond issue from a UK chicken producer, write Ulf Erlandsson and Trisha Hutchinson

Impact could top 15% of UK's total AUM by 2030, investors predict

Gaps remain despite progress on PAI reporting, as regulators told to step up scrutiny

Gaps remain in financial institutions' reporting of the 'principal adverse impacts' (PAIs) of investments, and despite gradual improvements in some areas EU regulators were told to "increasingly challenge" investors on their reporting.

World-first disclosure standards for public sector climate reporting unveiled

World-first disclosure standards for public sector climate-related disclosures have been unveiled, which it is hoped could vastly improve data available to institutional investors in government debt.

US, Canada sustainable bond issuers 'diverging' on sustainability policies and impact

US and Canadian sustainable bond markets are "diverging" with regard to the quality of their overall environmental and social profiles and the impact of their specific labelled sustainable bond issuance, according to Sustainable Fitch.