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BlueOrchard & FinnFund invest $20m in African telecoms

Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive approved by European Parliament

The European Parliament has approved the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), which will make sustainability reporting mandatory for large firms in the EU.

NZIA's underwriting emissions protocols open door to greenwashing

The Net-Zero Insurance Alliance's (NZIA) protocols for decarbonising underwriting portfolios must include Scope 3 emissions targets, otherwise it could "open the door to greenwashing", said leading climate campaigner Peter Bosshard.

How impact measurement can help avoid impact-washing

Impact measurement can help avoid impact-washing, but only if it is done for the right reasons, argued an association of Dutch sustainable investors.

COP27: What are the prospects for ITMOs?

Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes are expected to be a feature of the current COP, write Pedro Carvalho and Alexis Massot

APAC investors embracing active ownership, says Schroders

The Asia Pacific region is leading the adoption of active ownership, as more asset owners look to drive outcomes from their investment, Schroders has told Environmental Finance.

Loan round-up: Bell Canada, Schaeffler, Orica, Leonardo, Iren ... and more

IFC publishes biodiversity investor blueprint

A guide on biodiversity investment criteria that could help identify investments to protect and rehabilitate biodiversity and ecosystems has been published by the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

Abrdn calls on investors to target 'critically underfunded' climate adaptation

Abrdn has called on investors to scale up climate adaptation investment to tackle the 'adaptation financing gap'.

Simplified EU taxonomy could be global baseline, UK expert suggests

A simplified EU taxonomy of sustainable activities would help pave the way for its adoption globally as a starting point on which other jurisdictions could more easily build, according to the chair of the UK's taxonomy advisory group.