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First Sentier launches biodiversity toolkit for investors
07 September 2023First Sentier has launched a biodiversity toolkit to help investors assess water and deforestation risk within their portfolio and better engage with clients on these issues.
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Bond round-up: Orange, Telefonica, Generali, Brazil ... and more
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Private-public investment fund launched to invest in emerging market green bonds
06 September 2023The partners behind the EU-led Global Green Bond Initiative (GGBI) have signed a strategic partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and IDB Invest ...
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ECB warns fossil-fuel-exposed banks they risk €21bn in annual losses by 2029
06 September 2023The European Central Bank (ECB) has delivered its starkest warning to-date of the damage a delayed transition to a net zero economy would inflict on the financial system.
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ICMA publishes blue bond guide in 'big step forward' for market
06 September 2023A long-anticipated blue bond guide has been published, in a "big step forward" for the development of the water-focused sustainable bond market.
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Investors to increase pressure on biodiversity, says Sustainable Fitch
06 September 2023Investors are likely to increase engagement with on biodiversity-related issues, and place more pressure on companies to set biodiversity or nature targets, Sustainable Fitch has predicted.
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ECB: Banks are 'on the horizon' of climate litigation surge
05 September 2023A senior European Central Bank (ECB) official has warned banks to "get up to speed" with rising climate-related litigation risk as he expects regulation and recent legal successes to result in an escalation of cases against banks.
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NBIM: ISSB should develop biodiversity, human capital and rights standards
05 September 2023Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) has urged the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) to focus on expanding its standards to biodiversity as well as human capital and rights topics over the next two years.
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Golding upgrades impact fund to Article 9
05 September 2023Golding Capital Partners has upgraded its debut impact fund from "light green" to "dark green", under the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) - bucking the recent trend of downgrades.
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Impact infra funds 'increasingly target the transition', says Phenix
05 September 2023Financing the energy transition is top of the agenda for infrastructure impact funds and investment strategies, an impact investment consultant has found.
- Iceberg launches sovereign climate and biodiversity dataset
- COP29: 'Historic step' for carbon markets, as Article 6 crosses finish line
- EU proposal to bring sustainable finance rules into single regulation risks 'chaos'
- SLBs linked to donations or carbon credit investments are 'promising'
- UK pledges £239m to tackle deforestation
- COP29: €3bn public-private fundraise planned for emerging market green bond fund
- COP29: Financing Net Zero
- Indonesia brings forward coal phase out
- The 'finance COP' short-changed the Global South, say investors
- Fight or flight: Contract and financing considerations for UK SAF projects