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Cuts to UK Stewardship Code must not translate into reduced scrutiny, FRC told

The removal of some reporting requirements under the UK Stewardship Code to reduce the reporting burden on signatories must not lead to weakened regulatory scrutiny of reporting, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has been told.

Blue debt constrained by lack of opportunities, warns Sustainable Fitch

Despite seeing an increase in the level of issuance, the 'blue debt' market is being hampered by a lack of guidelines and investable projects, Sustainable Fitch has warned.

Putting transition plans to the test: MSCI

Investors face a tough task scrutinising corporate transition plans - but an increasing number of tools promise to help. In the fifth article in a series, Michael Hurley examines MSCI's offering

MSCI developing transition plan assessment product

Data giant MSCI is developing a dedicated product to help investors assess the credibility of climate transition plans, Environmental Finance has learned.

Managing biodiversity should be a 'commercial, not a sustainability decision', says UBP

Managing biodiversity risks and opportunities are a "commercial decision, not a sustainability one", Swiss bank UBP has said in an article with the Peace Parks Foundation, as it calls for further measurement of biodiversity gain.

UN and GFI nature finance programme to launch at COP16

A programme to scale up nature restoration finance will be launched at COP16 by the Biodiversity Finance Initiative, the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative and the Green Finance Institute.

Inadequate credit market could worsen biodiversity loss, warns Grantham Institute

Failing to set a up a properly functioning biodiversity credit market and inadequately addressing fundamental problems could worsen nature losses, the Grantham Institute has warned.

Abris rolls-out ESG methodology to 'squeeze out' higher valuations

Private equity firm Abris Capital Partners has introduced a portfolio-wide ESG-linked methodology to enhance valuations from all its holdings by improving and reducing revenues and costs.

ECBF backs a circular upcycled food ingredients business

Golding bags €212m for third infra co-investment strategy at first close