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Benefits with friends?

A means of more accurately tracking the non-carbon outcomes of carbon credits is central to addressing inefficiencies in voluntary markets, argues Nick Atkinson

Investors clash on double materiality

Some of the world's largest investors fail to agree on the materiality approach the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) should take in its reporting standards, Morningstar research has revealed.

Generalist SDG strategies are less impactful, says Axa IM Alts

Sector-specific strategies targeting one or two sustainable development goals (SDGs) are more 'impactful' than 'generalist' funds, said Axa Investment Managers (IM) Alts.

NZAOA members 'nibbling around' climate emergency

Members of the Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) need to do more to tackle their impact on absolute greenhouse gas emissions, including from oil & gas and coal, non-profit Reclaim Finance has said.

Mirova: We need biodiversity metric for positive impact

Investors need a metric to measure the positive impact of investee companies on biodiversity alongside their negative impacts, an executive at Paris-based firm Mirova has said in the run-up to biodiversity conference COP15.

Aviva invests £110m in EV charging firm

Common ground taxonomy 'could boost investment in Chinese bonds'

The Common Ground Taxonomy will help attract more international investors to Chinese offshore bonds, said the Hong Kong Green Finance Association.

SLB step-ups have almost no correlation with credit quality - Fitch

Sustainable Fitch has found "almost no correlation" between an issuer's credit rating and the typical coupon step-up for sustainability-linked bonds as it recommended greater variation to account for an issuer's credit profile or sustainability ambitions.

HSBC: Four key finance issues at COP27

Differentiating worms and caterpillars

Union Investment has introduced 'transition ratings' into its investment process, to help it spot bugs that have the potential to transform into butterflies. Peter Cripps reports