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UK group presents voluntary carbon markets guide at COP26

A UK group to promote "high-integrity, scaled markets" for voluntary carbon offsets has presented guidance at COP26, which aims to predict "what the future of the ... markets may look like".

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Bank of England sets plan to tilt asset purchases toward green companies

The UK's central bank will this month begin prioritising bond issuers judged to be "stronger climate performers" via its £20 billion ($27 billion) corporate bond purchase scheme, in a landmark move that warns climate laggards will be hit with higher cost of capital.

ICE to launch 'nature-based' carbon credit futures contract

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is set to launch its first 'nature-based solutions' carbon credit futures contract, in the latest sign of the growing investor interest in products that claim to have a positive impact on nature.

UK sustainability disclosures to 'go beyond climate' to cover impact

Bank of England ready to 'green' £20bn bond purchase scheme

IFRS standards set global path to mandatory climate reporting - IOSCO

The publication of prototype international standards for climate-related disclosure is one of the first steps on "a pathway to mandatory reporting" across more than 100 jurisdictions, according to the chair of a body of regulators.

Global climate disclosure standards prototype gets COP26 launch

Only 6% of MSCI World 'moving credibly' to 1.5°C target

Only about 6% of all the companies in the MSCI World index are moving "credibly" towards restricting global temperature rise to 1.5°C, according to estimates by Lombard Odier.

Axa's oil & gas policy 'important first step' for insurance industry

Insurance giant Axa's publication of an updated oil & gas exclusions policy is "an important first" for the industry...