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Hong Kong Airport expansion green bond 'pure greenwashing'
04 January 2022A proposed green bond from the Hong Kong Airport Authority (HKAA) has been described as "pure high-flying greenwashing" by a climate finance campaigner,...
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Sustainable bonds in 2022 - beyond $1trn
23 December 2021After another record-breaking 2021, hopes are high that sustainable bond issuance will surge past $1 trillion in 2022. Ahren Lester reports
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Bank of Finland sets interim net-zero investment targets
22 December 2021The Bank of Finland has set out its interim targets for achieving its ground-breaking net-zero investment commitment, including plans to divest and exclude fossil fuel firms.
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Bond round-up: China Construction Bank, NGK Insulators, Nedbank, Italy, BDO Unibank ... and more
22 December 2021 -
'Game-changing' parametric insurance deal for Belize blue bond
21 December 2021Willis Towers Watson (WTW) has designed the first sovereign debt insurance 'catastrophe wrapper' for the recent 'blue' bond issued by Belize, describing the parametric insurance deal as a "game changer" for coastal nations for building economic and environmental resilience.
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UK regulator extends climate and transition reporting rules
20 December 2021FCA has extended coverage of its climate-related disclosure rules for listed companies and added requirements around transition plans for those firms as well as asset managers and life insurers.
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BIS: Paris-aligned passive portfolios 'easy' to construct
17 December 2021Passive investors can reduce their carbon emissions in line with the Paris Agreement goals with "relative ease"...
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Amazon faces first US tax transparency shareholder filing
17 December 2021Online retailing giant Amazon is facing calls to disclose its global tax practices, after three institutional investors and a leading proxy advisor backed the first US tax transparency shareholder resolution.
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UK pension regulator sets climate reporting penalties
17 December 2021The UK pension regulator has published details on the penalties associated with failing to report properly on climate-related risks,...
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Loan round-up: Gazprom Neft, Deutsche Glasafer, South32, Treasury Wine Estates ... and more
16 December 2021
- COP29: €3bn public-private fundraise planned for emerging market green bond fund
- Fight or flight: Contract and financing considerations for UK SAF projects
- COP29 could be remembered as the 'blended finance COP', AllianceBernstein says
- EU proposal to bring sustainable finance rules into single regulation risks 'chaos'
- Bahamas signs 'ground-breaking' $300m debt-for-nature loan deal
- UK pledges £239m to tackle deforestation
- COP29: Finance text draws criticism for missing 'elephant in the room' of numbers
- COP29: Sweden pushes forward on Article 6.2
- COP29: Financing Net Zero
- Indonesia brings forward coal phase out
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COP29: Loss and Damage Fund becomes fully operationalised
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EU sustainability 'omnibus' regulations 'like a bad omelette'
25 November 2024The EU plans to combine a trio of major sustainable finance-related disclosure rules into a combined 'omnibus' regulation risks just consolidating rather than correcting problems with the existing regulations, a senior sustainable finance executive in Asia told Environmental Finance.
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COP29: 'No time for victory laps' as NCQG falls short of expectations
25 November 2024Efforts to enhance current financial commitments to tackle climate change at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, faced criticism as talks finished amid dissent by developing countries.
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UK pledges £239m to tackle deforestation
22 November 2024 -
EIOPA's wake-up call for insurers on fossil fuels
22 November 2024A historic decision from EU financial supervisor on higher financial risk of fossil fuel sector must be integrated in EU prudential rules write Chiara Pass and Marika Carlucci
