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Impax: Water to bubble under at COP27

Tackling water shortages will be a prominent theme of COP27, even if it is not part of the final agreement, Impax's Chris Dodwell tells Genevieve Redgrave

RepRisk, IBAT launch biodiversity tool for extractives

Swiss data firm RepRisk has launched a product for measuring the biodiversity impact of mining and oil & gas projects in a move it billed as a "ground-breaking" foray into location-based information.

Video: AllianceBernstein's Tiffanie Wong on the importance of ESG data

Tiffanie Wong, director of fixed income responsible investing portfolio management at AllianceBernstein, shares her view on sustainable finance in fixed income as well as ESG data and corporate disclosure

Climate change ranked as top emerging risk in all regions

Risk experts in all world regions have labelled climate change as their top concern, according to Axa's Future Risk Report 2022.

Asset managers: TNFD must not 'water down' standards

The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) diluting its standard to make it more accessible would endanger its credibility, impact-focused asset managers have said.

UK regulator warns financials they face climate risk supervisory escalation

Banks and insurers have been warned by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) they face an escalation in supervisory pressure if they fail to address climate-related financial risk appropriately.

Climate-themed credit fund manager raises €85m

MSCI launches climate indexes

Bloomberg expands carbon emissions data

Governments should compensate investors for stranded assets, says IISD

Governments should compensate oil and gas investors for stranded assets to avoid costly tribunals, the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) has said.