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A call to action for regulators

With biodiversity loss in freefall, central banks and financial regulators must address the sectors most harmful to both nature and the climate, argues Maud Abdelli

Q&A: Royal London Global Equity Transitions Fund

Bixuan Xu, manager of the newly launched fund, says holdings are picked based on the materiality and credibility of their transition strategies

COP15: A historical moment for biodiversity and corporate disclosure

To make the 'Paris agreement for nature' a success, countries should waste no time in making biodiversity reporting legally mandatory, argues CDP's Mirjam Wolfrum

UK financial institutions 'prefer principles to prescriptive EU frameworks'

Financial institutions prefer a principles-based approach to green and transition finance to a prescriptive framework such as the EU taxonomy, according to a survey of market participants by the UK's Climate Financial Risk Forum (CFRF).

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Climate change litigation: 11 key cases for insurers to watch

The Climate Financial Risk Forum (CFRF) has identified the key climate change legal cases that could impact insurers and recommended measures the sector should take to address this growing trend.

Calls to include financial services in CSDDD

MEPs and NGOs urge the European legislators to include financial institutions and strengthen social requirements in its version of the Directive

SEB: US, Asia to lead 2023 sustainable debt market rebound

The labelled sustainable debt market will bounce back in 2023, to potentially set a fresh annual issuance total, helped by a strong performance from the US sustainable bond market, SEB has forecast.

Phenix Capital: 'Emerging markets still not a big presence in public equity impact funds'

Emerging markets account for less than 2% of total capital commitments from public equities-focused impact funds, an impact investment consultant has found.

CBAM must include manufactured products to avoid 'carbon leakage'

The ground-breaking carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) proposed by the EU could have the unintended consequence of creating more 'carbon leakage' due to its emphasis on basic materials rather than manufactured products, according to Scope.