Green bond comment, March 2017

'Less burdensome' UK standards will put it ahead of EU in competitiveness race, official says

Carbon trading 'increasingly pivotal' for transition finance, says MSCI

The voluntary carbon markets are playing an "increasingly pivotal" role in transition finance, MSCI has said.

Insurers 'investing billions in fossil fuel companies'

Insurers are "complicit in climate collapse", a campaign group has warned, with five of the largest insurers investing upwards of $6.5 billion in fossil fuels.

EFRAG fails to agree timeline for ESRS simplification

CSRD, SEC climate disclosure setbacks make rating climate risk harder, S&P warns

Setbacks to the planned introduction of sustainability reporting rules in the EU and US are likely to make assessing the climate-related credit risk of companies harder, a senior executive at S&P has said.