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  • Pension funds urged to target at-risk emerging markets to support a 'just transition'

    14 November 2022

    The Church of England Pensions Board has urged pension funds to take a more nuanced approach to investing in emerging markets to support a socially just climate transition, including by prioritising countries which are most at risk from physical climate impacts.

  • Geneva Association proposes framework for measuring social impact

    11 November 2022

    Think-tank addresses the under-reported "S" in ESG

  • People Moves 11 November: ESG RS; PineBridge; TNFD and more

    11 November 2022
  • COP27: Domestic EM investors key to scaling blended climate finance

    11 November 2022

    Attracting domestic institutional investors in emerging markets (EMs) to back blended finance initiatives supporting green and transition projects...

  • COP27: Carney says data platform will bring accountability to transition plans

    11 November 2022

    Mark Carney has said a proposed free-to-use climate data platform will bring accountability to financial institutions' climate transition targets.

  • Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive approved by European Parliament

    10 November 2022

    The European Parliament has approved the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), which will make sustainability reporting mandatory for large firms in the EU.

  • NZIA's underwriting emissions protocols open door to greenwashing

    10 November 2022

    The Net-Zero Insurance Alliance's (NZIA) protocols for decarbonising underwriting portfolios must include Scope 3 emissions targets, otherwise it could "open the door to greenwashing", said leading climate campaigner Peter Bosshard.

  • How impact measurement can help avoid impact-washing

    10 November 2022

    Impact measurement can help avoid impact-washing, but only if it is done for the right reasons, argued an association of Dutch sustainable investors.

  • APAC investors embracing active ownership, says Schroders

    10 November 2022

    The Asia Pacific region is leading the adoption of active ownership, as more asset owners look to drive outcomes from their investment, Schroders has told Environmental Finance.

  • Loan round-up: Bell Canada, Schaeffler, Orica, Leonardo, Iren ... and more

    10 November 2022