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  • B4NZ call for support of UK SMEs

    07 November 2022

    Bankers for Net Zero (B4NZ), the UK chapter of the UN's Net-Zero Banking Alliance, will launch a shared climate reporting framework for smaller businesses.

  • AI data providers 'not there yet' for sustainable bond data solutions

    07 November 2022

    The technology behind artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing (NLP) is not currently capable of providing investors with the tools they need to "meaningfully and quickly" extract data...

  • The role of blended financing in a just energy transition

    07 November 2022

    The current 'poly crisis' presents an opportunity to combine economic and environmental policies allowing sustainable development, write Gustavo Medeiros and Iselin Aslakstrom

  • COP27: New investors join deforestation alliance

    07 November 2022

    Institutions including asset manager GAM Investments have joined Finance Sector Deforestation Action (FSDA) initiative as COP27 kicks off in Egypt.

  • COP27 needs to deliver on transition finance, says UOB

    07 November 2022

    COP27 needs to 'lean into' the concept of transition finance to help deliver net zero, especially in developing markets, UOB has told Environmental Finance.

  • SGX developing sustainable bond listing initiative

    07 November 2022

    The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has exclusively announced at an Environmental Finance event that it plans to launch a sustainable bond initiative to provide "added assurance" for investors around reporting and greater visibility for issuers.

  • Canada ranked bottom in G7 climate-readiness league table

    07 November 2022

    Canada ranks bottom in Aviva's newly-launched 'Climate-Ready Index' - a framework to measure how G7 nations and Ireland are progressing on climate mitigation, resilience and adaptation.

  • Look past ESG scores to hedge climate risks, Fed study says

    07 November 2022

    A sample investment portfolio of stocks with low carbon intensity proved a better hedge against an unexpected climate shock than one constituted of firms with a relatively good environmental score, according to a study by the US Federal Reserve.

  • Verra plans biodiversity credit standard in late 2023

    07 November 2022

    Verra plans to release a standard to enable the independent certification of biodiversity credits in late 2023, an executive at the standard-setter has said.

  • ESG will increasingly influence insurers' risk management strategies

    07 November 2022

    Lack of standardisation, regulatory pressure and greater physical risks all pose challenges, says Fitch