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Schroders launches Singapore natural capital investors
26 July 2022Schroders, in collaboration with Conservation International, has launched a natural capital-focused investment management company.
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ECB mulls climate buffer as it warns of carbon-intensive 'fire sale'
26 July 2022Eurozone banks could be subject to a climate-related capital buffer as part of efforts to manage the risk of a disorderly energy transition, joint research by the European Central Bank (ECB) and the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) proposes.
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MAS launches climate fintech programme
26 July 2022The Monetary Authority of Singapore has launched climate fintech programme, Point Carbon Zero, in collaboration with Google Cloud.
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GHG 'accountability crisis' requires single standard
25 July 2022There is an "accountability crisis" around carbon emissions that can only be solved through government intervention and "mandatory disclosure", market experts warned.
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Sustainalytics delivers most SPOs in first half of 2022
25 July 2022Sustainalytics provided the most second-party opinions (SPOs) for sustainable finance frameworks in the first half of 2022, according to Environmental Finance figures.
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Oxford summit investors doubt if net zero pledges will decarbonise world at all
25 July 2022Finance sector net-zero pledges will likely have "no positive impact" on real economy decarbonisation, according to about one-third of investors and academic attendees at a specialist sustainable finance event.
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Climate resilience taxonomy is CBI's 'next big project'
25 July 2022Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) is preparing a 'climate resilience taxonomy' after it updated its green bond methodology and published its social and sustainability bond methodology.
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Investors face 'growing political backlash' to ESG
25 July 2022Some large investors are having to consider hostile political responses to ESG when taking environmental action, an executive at Sustainable Fitch has said.
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MSCI: 39% of ACWI exposed to biodiversity risk
25 July 2022Almost two in five (39%) constituents of MSCI's flagship global equity index have at least one asset located in an area sensitive to biodiversity loss, the firm said.
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CA100+ launches second Asian engagement guide
22 July 2022The Climate Action 100+ has launched an updated guide for investors to engage with companies on climate issues in Asia.
- Iceberg launches sovereign climate and biodiversity dataset
- Texas sues BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard over ESG strategy on coal
- COP29: 'Historic step' for carbon markets, as Article 6 crosses finish line
- 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?
- The 'finance COP' short-changed the Global South, say investors
- Barclays begins stress-testing for nature
- Debt-for-nature deals are 'growing very rapidly and are very scalable'