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Zurich excludes five fossil-fuel companies with non-credible transition plans

Zurich has excluded five companies from its investment and underwriting activities as it no longer considered their "progress against transition plans to be credible".

US regulator recommends creating category for environmental derivatives

A commissioner at the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has recommended the creation of a team to tackle greenwashing in derivatives markets

Sustainalytics launches 'low carbon transition ratings'

Sustainalytics has launched Low Carbon Transition Ratings, which it said "provide investors with a forward-looking assessment of a company's current alignment to a net-zero pathway", as previously reported by Environmental Finance.

Federated Hermes, Finance Earth nature fund 'key' for UK biodiversity net gain projects

A UK nature impact fund co-managed by Finance Earth and Federated Hermes aims to be a key source of investment for peatland, woodland and biodiversity net gain (BNG) projects across the UK, according to an executive at Finance Earth

Brazil confirms sovereign sustainability bond debut plans for 2023

Brazil has confirmed that it is currently planning to issue a debut sustainability bond in 2023, rather than follow regional peers such as Chile and Uruguay with a sustainability-linked bond.

Green bond index underperforms global bond market in 2022

A leading green bond index underperformed the global aggregate fixed income index by six percentage points in 2022.

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French regulator says investors should have say on climate transition plans

France's financial markets regulator has backed recommendations to require listed companies to routinely present their climate transition strategy to investors for a vote at their annual general meeting (AGM).

EU Green Bond Standard 'tax haven' ban provisionally agreed

The ban on issuers from 'tax haven' jurisdictions from issuing bonds under the EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS) was retained in the provisional agreement on the landmark regulation last week, Environmental Finance has learned.

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