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Don't treat climate change as 'just a long-term risk', insurers told
23 January 2023Insurers 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.
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WEF a "constructive step forward" on climate, say investors
20 January 2023Despite 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.
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Sustainability a 'competitive differentiator' for Australian super funds
20 January 2023Increasing 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.
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US launches natural capital accounting strategy
20 January 2023A 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.
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NatureAlpha collaborates with IBAT
20 January 2023Data provider NatureAlpha has collaborated with the Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool (IBAT) to provide data to help investors assess biodiversity risks of portfolio companies.
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People Moves 20 January: UBS, Federated Hermes, CalPERS, Prudential, Nordea and more...
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Build up capital buffers to withstand the climate crisis, insurers told
20 January 2023Insurers 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.
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ISSB to push for progressive improvements in climate scenario analysis
20 January 2023Businesses reporting in line with proposed international sustainability standards will be asked to progressively improve their climate-related scenario analysis, after a vote yesterday.
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Sustainability-themed investors 'structurally disadvantaged', says DWS
20 January 2023Sustainability-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.
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Impact bond issuance had 'buoyant' 2022, says ICE
19 January 2023Green, 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).
- Iceberg launches sovereign climate and biodiversity dataset
- COP29: 'Historic step' for carbon markets, as Article 6 crosses finish line
- SLBs linked to donations or carbon credit investments are 'promising'
- SEC likely to withdraw climate rules, former Commissioner predicts
- IDB Invest and IFC back BBVA Colombia for $100m sustainable bond issuance
- EU proposal to bring sustainable finance rules into single regulation risks 'chaos'
- The 'finance COP' short-changed the Global South, say investors
- Debt-for-nature deals are 'growing very rapidly and are very scalable'
- EU sustainability 'omnibus' regulations 'like a bad omelette'
- COP29: Financing Net Zero