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Carbon exchange suggests ICVCM could create market bottleneck
23 August 2022AirCarbon Exchange (ACX), a Singapore-based exchange for carbon credits, is sceptical of plans to "audit" the quality of credits in the voluntary carbon market, led by the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM).
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Robeco shares portfolio company SDG scores
23 August 2022Robeco has shared information on how it scores its portfolio companies on their contributions to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with the investor's clients and a group of academics.
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SBTi rules out mandating annual target reviews
22 August 2022The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has told Environmental Finance it will not mandate companies to annually review emissions reductions targets and has ruled out setting a universal base year against which to benchmark reductions.
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Rise of SLBs helps labelled debt retain 19% share of European market
22 August 202219% of total European bond issuance in the first half of 2022 were sustainable bonds despite a decline for social and securitised bonds, whilst sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) grew to secure more than 2% market share.
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EU carbon price hits record high
22 August 2022Carbon allowance prices under the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) increased by over 10% to a new record high last week, peaking at more than €99 ($99.70).
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Australia to take 'enforcement action' against greenwashing
22 August 2022The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has announced it will begin taking "enforcement action" against greenwashing.
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US government publishes 'natural capital accounting' plan
19 August 2022The US government has published its draft plan to integrate natural capital accounting into the broader national economic statistical system, in response rising pressure from the private sector to develop such data.
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People moves 19 August: Credit Suisse, Standard Chartered, Abrdn & more...
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Abrdn: EU Taxonomy social proposals could have 'drastic' impact
19 August 2022Proposals on 'minimum safeguards' for human rights issues from the advisory body for the EU Taxonomy of sustainable activities could have "drastic" effects in further narrowing the number of investments that can be deemed 'sustainable', an executive at Abrdn has said.
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Fashion & food loss-makers hold sustainability promise, says fund manager
18 August 2022
- Iceberg launches sovereign climate and biodiversity dataset
- COP29: 'Historic step' for carbon markets, as Article 6 crosses finish line
- Texas sues BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard over ESG strategy on coal
- IDB Invest and IFC back BBVA Colombia for $100m sustainable bond issuance
- SLBs linked to donations or carbon credit investments are 'promising'
- SEC likely to withdraw climate rules, former Commissioner predicts
- After COP29, can voluntary carbon markets scale again?
- 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'