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• CBI: Green bond issuance to bounce back with 'stellar' 2023

  31 January 2023

  The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) has predicted a "stellar" year for green bond issuance in 2023 after more than a decade of annual growth was halted in 2022,...

• Asian ESG to be a 'winning strategy' in 2023, says UBS

  31 January 2023

  Investing in Asian sustainability leaders on sustainability will continue to be a "winning strategy" in the region, because of growing consumer awareness and regulatory developments, UBS has said.

• Transition investors need help to avoid greenwashing accusations, says Philippines regulator

  31 January 2023

  Investors and banks looking to retire Filipino coal assets early need more clarity on the transition, to avoid "undue greenwashing criticism", the Filipino regulator has said.

• Encouraging transition should be core to ISSB standards, Amundi says

  31 January 2023

  Standard-setters such as the International Standards Board (ISSB) should place greater emphasis on ensuring corporate disclosure of transition plans is detailed enough to help institutional investors, according to Europe's largest asset manager.

• US politics 'hampering' SEC climate disclosure rule objective

  30 January 2023

  A former senior US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) official said the political debate around its climate-related financial disclosure rule proposals has "lost sight" of its objective, and is making finalising the "right" rule difficult.

• Labelled bond market sees strong start to 2023, says JP Morgan

  30 January 2023

  The green, social, sustainable and sustainability-linked (GSSS) bond market has enjoyed a strong start to 2023, said JP Morgan,...

• 14% of sustainable bond issuers have set science-based targets

  30 January 2023

  Over 1,400 sustainable bonds raising more than $600 billion have been issued by organisations that have either set or committed to set climate targets verified by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)...

• Environmental Finance Bond Awards nominations close next week

  30 January 2023

  The deadline for entries is 23:59 GMT on 6 February

• IDB Invest readies 'first' sustainability-linked 'blue' bond

  30 January 2023

  IDB Invest is working with a company in Ecuador on what could be the first sustainability-linked 'blue' bond to be issued, with the deal expected to be finalised by early April.

• UK accounting watchdog to check actuaries' ESG reporting

  30 January 2023

  The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) will carry out spot checks on actuaries reporting on climate-related risks and environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks in their work.