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UK regulator writes to CEOs of climate focus in 2022
13 January 2022The 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.
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MSCI partners with GIST on impact data
12 January 2022Financial services giant MSCI has partnered with impact data specialist GIST to provide its clients with access to information on companies' positive and negative environmental and social impact.
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WBA requests feedback on nature benchmark
12 January 2022Investors and businesses have been invited to provide feedback on a methodology for assessing "the 1,000 most influential companies" worldwide on their contributions to nature and biodiversity-related UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Investors urged to cut environmental crime from value chains
12 January 2022Financial institutions have been told they can gain a "first-mover advantage" if they work to eradicate environmental crimes from their financing value chain, thereby avoiding likely reputation damage and potential litigation.
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DNB reveals extent of Dutch financial institutions' carbon emissions
11 January 2022Dutch financial institutions are estimated to have financed carbon emissions of at least 82 megatonnes (Mt) in 2019, according to analysis by the country's central bank.
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ISSB launches search for 11 members
11 January 2022The IFRS Foundation Trustees say they have begun a search for 'up to' 11 members of a group that will devise globally applicable minimum sustainability reporting standards.
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UK pensions impact quota suggested to nurture VC funds
11 January 2022A suggestion to encourage UK pensions to allocate "a small portion, less than 5%" of their investment portfolio to venture capital funds that target positive impact is among dozens of proposals in a report by a member of the upper house of the UK Parliament.
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Germany is against nuclear in taxonomy, says minister
10 January 2022Germany's environment minister has said the country's coalition government will tell the European Commission that the EU's biggest economy is against proposals to define nuclear energy generation as 'green'.
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'Impact accounting' bodies launch survey of existing approaches
07 January 2022The Value Balancing Alliance (VBA) and Impact-Weighted Accounts initiative (IWAI) at Harvard Business School have asked organisations to explain how they 'value' their positive and negative social and environmental impacts.
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Actiam appoints CEO after Cardano completes acquisition
07 January 2022UK-based Cardano Group has completed the acquisition of Dutch asset manager Actiam from insurance and reinsurance group Athora Netherlands.