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  • MSCI: Food firms can avoid losses by shifting to plant-based proteins

    18 January 2022

    Shifting towards plant-based proteins could save food-related companies 7% of their market capitalisation in avoided losses from climate-related policy changes...

  • Candriam launches sustainable bond fund

    18 January 2022

    Candriam has launched a sustainable bond fund that will invest at least three-quarters of its assets in labelled sustainability bonds, including green and sustainability-linked bonds

  • ISO to exclude nuclear and unabated gas from taxonomy

    18 January 2022

    Nuclear will be excluded from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)'s taxonomy of green activities,...

  • BlackRock's Fink lauds decarbonisation 'phoenixes' over divestment

    18 January 2022

    BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink rejected sectoral divestment as a means to deliver a net-zero transition in his annual letter to fellow bosses...

  • Invesco: EU carbon price could exceed €100 in 2022

    18 January 2022

    Invesco has predicted "there is a good chance" the price of EU carbon allowances could exceed €100 ($115) per tonne in 2022.

  • Real estate decarbonisation standard under construction

    18 January 2022

    A global standard for the real estate sector to set 'science-based' targets that help restrict global temperature rise to 1.5°C is set for release in April, it has been revealed.

  • 64 shades of green

    18 January 2022

    Data is just the beginning and not the solution for the financial industry, argue Sandro Schmid and Egor Maslov

  • Most large French companies 'still don't have enough women on boards'

    17 January 2022

    A €5 trillion ($5.7 trillion) French investor initiative focused on improving corporate gender diversity hopes for "more tangible progress" in 2022...

  • Goldman Sachs: 'More nuanced' views on nuclear, gas after taxonomy inclusion

    17 January 2022

    The inclusion of nuclear and gas power in the EU Taxonomy is likely to result in "more nuanced views" by investors around exclusions, according to Goldman Sachs,...

  • Canada climate scenarios warn of potential for 'sudden and large' losses

    17 January 2022

    The potential for "sudden and large" losses due to climate change may mean financial institutions in Canada are required to hold extra capital in reserve...