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  • Don't treat climate change as 'just a long-term risk', insurers told

    23 January 2023

    Insurers have made good progress on identifying and managing climate risk in their own balance sheets, but they need to do more to support customers and society make the transition to net-zero emissions, according to ClimateWise.

  • WEF a "constructive step forward" on climate, say investors

    20 January 2023

    Despite no "big bang announcements" at the World Economic Forum's conference this week, investors have told Environmental Finance the conference represented a constructive step forward.

  • Sustainability a 'competitive differentiator' for Australian super funds

    20 January 2023

    Increasing consumer pressure to be 'green' has led Australian super funds to use sustainability as a "competitive differentiator" from their competitors, the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has said.

  • US launches natural capital accounting strategy

    20 January 2023

    A strategy for integrating natural capital accounting into the US economic statistical system has been published by the US government, partly in response to demands from private finance.

  • NatureAlpha collaborates with IBAT

    20 January 2023

    Data provider NatureAlpha has collaborated with the Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool (IBAT) to provide data to help investors assess biodiversity risks of portfolio companies.

  • People Moves 20 January: UBS, Federated Hermes, CalPERS, Prudential, Nordea and more...

    20 January 2023
  • Build up capital buffers to withstand the climate crisis, insurers told

    20 January 2023

    Insurers and banks are massively underestimating climate risk, and the financial institutions' capital buffers will prove largely insufficient to cover the resulting losses, according to Finance Watch.

  • ISSB to push for progressive improvements in climate scenario analysis

    20 January 2023

    Businesses reporting in line with proposed international sustainability standards will be asked to progressively improve their climate-related scenario analysis, after a vote yesterday.

  • Sustainability-themed investors 'structurally disadvantaged', says DWS

    20 January 2023

    Sustainability-focused investors are "structurally disadvantaged" compared to mainstream counterparts, by insufficient sustainability-related disclosure standards and high costs for data, according to research by DWS.

  • Impact bond issuance had 'buoyant' 2022, says ICE

    19 January 2023

    Green, social and sustainability bond issuance fell 13% in 2022, to $771 billion - but the decline was modest compared to the drop in issuance in the broader bond market, according to the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE).