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Loan round-up: Bell Canada, Schaeffler, Orica, Leonardo, Iren ... and more
10 November 2022 -
IFC publishes biodiversity investor blueprint
10 November 2022A guide on biodiversity investment criteria that could help identify investments to protect and rehabilitate biodiversity and ecosystems has been published by the International Finance Corporation (IFC).
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Abrdn calls on investors to target 'critically underfunded' climate adaptation
10 November 2022Abrdn has called on investors to scale up climate adaptation investment to tackle the 'adaptation financing gap'.
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Simplified EU taxonomy could be global baseline, UK expert suggests
10 November 2022A simplified EU taxonomy of sustainable activities would help pave the way for its adoption globally as a starting point on which other jurisdictions could more easily build, according to the chair of the UK's taxonomy advisory group.
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COP27: NGFS launches blended climate finance initiative
09 November 2022The Central Banks and Supervisors Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) has launched a blended finance initiative at the UN COP27 climate summit,...
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Bond round-up: CADES, KfW, CaixaBank, Boston Properties, IFC, State Street ... and more
09 November 2022 -
COP27: Significant gaps in sovereign ESG data, finds expert alliance
09 November 2022Significant data gaps in areas required to assess sovereign performance on sustainability have been highlighted that should be addressed with urgency, in a report by a group of major data providers.
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COP27: Regulators weigh-in on carbon markets
09 November 2022A group representing global financial regulators has made recommendations to improve the integrity of the carbon markets, pointing out that they have "so far fallen short of their [environmental] objectives".
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COP27: Net-Zero Banking Alliance calls for banks to plug gaps in targets
09 November 2022The UN-convened Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) has called for accelerated action by its bank members after its first progress report revealed gaps in target-setting in key areas.
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COP27: ISSB signs partnership framework with 20 organisations
09 November 2022Interoperability framework with EFRAG still in the woodwork, while CDP integrates IFRS S2
- 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'
- IDB Invest and IFC back BBVA Colombia for $100m sustainable bond issuance
- SEC likely to withdraw climate rules, former Commissioner predicts
- After COP29, can voluntary carbon markets scale again?
- EU proposal to bring sustainable finance rules into single regulation risks 'chaos'
- Debt-for-nature deals are 'growing very rapidly and are very scalable'
- The 'finance COP' short-changed the Global South, say investors
- EU sustainability 'omnibus' regulations 'like a bad omelette'