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EQT drops SDG claims for its investments

EQT has removed from its website claims that its investments help meet the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as it reviews how it describes the impact of its holdings.

People Moves 2 September, including IFC, ISSB, HSBC & more...

SDI AOP updated to include negative impacts on SDGs

A product that identifies companies that have a positive impact on the SDGs has been updated to also include negative impacts.

Corporate green bond fund launched

A European corporate green bond fund has been launched, with seed funding from a pension fund.

Loan round-up: Olam Group, Tata Power and more...

Bond round-up: ING, ESRF, Clairant, Compartamos Banco...

FSA flags issues with climate risk pilot

Financial institutions need to enhance the methodology behind pilot scenario analysis, Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) has said.

Hydrogen-focussed energy transition fund raises €3bn

A fund that will invest in clean hydrogen projects to help hard-to-abate sectors lower their emissions has raised €3 billion in an oversubscribed final offering.

Affirmative to be integrated into MetLife following acquisition

Sustainability bonds specialist Affirmative Investment Management (AIM) has been bought by the asset management arm of US insurer MetLife and will be integrated into its new owner.

Sustainability disclosure initiatives are still fragmented, warn PRI, WBCSD, IFAC

Draft sustainability standards and initiatives "are not technically compatible", many of the world's biggest companies, investors and professional accounting firms have warned.