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Private equity firms reach 'tipping point' in net-zero targets

European private equity firms have reached a critical threshold in the number setting science-based decarbonisation targets, a member of the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has said.

Engagement framework issued ahead of AGM season

A toolkit on engagement by UK pension fund RailPen and the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) has been published in time for the Spring voting season.

Amazon pledges $30m to minority led start-ups

Less than half of impact reports are comparable, says BlueMark

BlueMark has called for guidance from standard setters that makes the environmental and social impacts of investments "comparable" in financial reports.

Carbon pricing vital to Asian green transition

Carbon pricing should be promoted in Asian countries to support the green transition according to research from the Boao Forum for Asia

GFANZ lamented for 'no clear signs it has achieved anything'

A group of civil society organisations has written to Michael Bloomberg and Mark Carney to demand the $138 trillion financial sector coalition they co-chair to step up its game, in a letter that complained the initiative had shown no signs that it has achieved anything.

Global Canopy joins Afi steering group

Loan round-up: Ark Data Centres, CMPC, Mango, CAP ... and more

MEAG takes 75% stake in Swedish windfarm

Absa Group bows to NGO pressure on oil and gas disclosure

African banking group Absa said it will publish its policies on oil and gas financing in May, after NGO Just Share accused the bank of having "fallen behind its peers" on adopting climate change policies.