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Brazilian development bank to fund next wave of renewable technology
19 September 2024The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) wants to fund the next wave of renewable technology in the country, but there is a need for more blended finance, according to Luciana Costa, infrastructure, energy transition and climate change managing director at BNDES.
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DWS buys Swedish onshore wind farm from ORIT
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Kenyan central bank consults on green taxonomy
15 April 2024The Central Bank of Kenya has issued a draft green finance taxonomy - developed with the support of the European Investment Bank - to classify green or environmentally sustainable activities.
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Ninety One: Divesting is not impacting high emitters
11 April 2024The real-world impact of investors' net zero commitments is currently unclear, according to Ninety One Asset Management, calling on investors to "shift focus from reducing financed emissions to financing reduced emissions".
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High capital charge preventing US insurers from investing in natural capital
25 September 2023US insurers are being put off from investing in natural capital assets because of high capital charges, according to Megan Reilly Cayten, senior investment manager at Climate Asset Management.
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People moves, 25 August: CommBank, ISS ESG, JTC, Summa Equity ... and more
25 August 2023
- EF's Biodiversity Insight 2024
- TNFD to launch nature transition plan guidance discussion paper at COP16
- Banco Bolivariano starting to adopt TNFD
- Article 6.4: Is operation underway?
- "No interest" in biodiversity from US investors, Morningstar finds
- Thames Water woes could drag UK green bond market down
- T Rowe Price, TPG Rise back $405m funding for US energy storage business
- CSRD 'gamechanger' for preparing companies for IPO, says Euronext
- When will GSAM, Jupiter and Gresham House sign up to the TNFD?
- Fidelity launches 'first' global 'blue bond' fund
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Conference round-up: Sustainability Data EMEA 2024
17 October 2024Now in its fifth year, Environmental Finance's Sustainability Data EMEA 2024 in London continues to shine a light on the rapidly expanding and evolving field of ESG data. Peter Cripps reports
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Trust in forward-looking data 'needs to be earned'
17 October 2024As corporates are encouraged to provide more forward-looking data by investors and regulators, trust in how such data is produced will have to be earned, attendees at an Environmental Finance conference heard.
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Nestlé: We need to set 'reasonable boundaries' on transparency of nature data
17 October 2024"Reasonable boundaries" need to be set on the amount of nature data companies are expected to disclose, Nestlé has said, urging investors to collectively decide what information they need.
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Limited liability under consideration in forward-looking data consultation, says FCA
17 October 2024Forward-looking sustainability data could encourage investors to assess risks more accurately, the Financial Conduct Authority's Sacha Sadan told an Environmental Finance conference, but raises the issue of liability.
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ESG Data: 'Dream of common language will not be met without common translation'
17 October 2024The dream of a "common language" on environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting can only be achieved in practice if we accept the need for a "traveller's translation guide" for global investors as well, an Environmental Finance event has heard.