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India plans climate finance taxonomy

India's Ministry of Finance has announced funding to create a taxonomy to attract climate finance, spanning adaptation and mitigation activities.

'Not credible' to run transition funds from third-party data, says MetLife IM

It is "not credible" for investment managers to run a transition investment strategy using third-party data vendors rather than using in-house research, according to MetLife Investment Management (MetLife IM).

UK Stewardship Code changes 'may be' concession to US signatories' fear of antitrust laws

Changes to the UK Stewardship Code to remove a requirement to report annually on collaborative engagement and escalation may have been designed to assuage fears particularly among US managers at violating antitrust laws, it has been suggested.

Sustainable Debt Round-up: Japan, Masdar, First Abu Dhabi Bank ... and more

Abris divests salmon products company to India's Captain Fresh

Clwyd Pension Fund reappoints Capital Dynamics for Welsh clean energy mandate

Gravis Capital preps net-zero real assets strategy

Gravis Capital is readying the launch of a net-zero real assets strategy aimed at institutional investors, with a target size of €500 million ($542 million).

Difficult to strike the risk-reward balance on nature, says GenZero

Investors still face difficulties finding nature investment opportunities that deliver an acceptable risk-reward balance, GenZero has said, as it called for more blended finance options.

A tropical forests mechanism can help scale-up financing to protect the world's forests

The proposed mechanism could attract and deploy financial resources to countries committed to forest conservation, write Pedro Moura Costa, Tasso Azevedo and Ilona Szabó

Barclays urges government to make UK 'destination of choice' for climate tech

The UK can potentially 'leapfrog' other markets and become the "destination of choice" for climate tech companies critical for the transition to a net zero carbon economy, according to Barclays.