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PRI calls for human rights-linked sovereign bonds

The UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has urged its signatories to encourage countries to issue sustainability-linked bonds tied to human rights factors as part of a drive to incorporate human rights into investment decisions.

ISS: Nuclear, gas have no positive sustainability impact

Nuclear and gas energy generation - which the EU has proposed including in its taxonomy of sustainable activities - have "no net positive" sustainability impact, ISS ESG has said.

Activists behind Shell court order focus on financial firms

One of the activist organisations behind the successful climate court case against Royal Dutch Shell have called for 29 other companies including several financial firms to reduce their emissions.

Loan round-up: Prometeon Tyre, Inwido, Veepee, Coima RES ... and more

$2.6trn of financing omits deforestation policies

Companies with the greatest exposure to deforestation have been given $2.6 trillion of financing that is not covered by a deforestation policy,...

Simplifying the CA100+ net-zero benchmark is 'laughable'

Criticism of the Net-Zero Company Benchmark developed by Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) being "too complicated" has been described as "laughable,"...

'The transition will not be smooth, or socially just'

The shift to a net-zero economy will bring upheaval and job losses, warns Zurich's Peter Giger. Madeleine Jenkins reports

UK regulator writes to CEOs of climate focus in 2022

The UK's Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has placed CEOs of banks, general insurers and deposit takers on guard for the increased regulatory scrutiny it has promised to bring to bear on climate change this year, as it named climate-related risks among its top priorities for the year.

Bond round-up: Enel, VGP, Sonoco, CPI, AIIB, BDO Unibank ... and more

TPI: Investors need better scenario data

Investors would benefit from climate-related scenarios being focused on their needs rather than on the requirements of policymakers,...