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ICVCM: Criticism of voluntary carbon markets' professionalism 'unfair'

Claims that voluntary carbon markets lack professionalisation are "a little unfair", an executive at the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) has said.

Japan's FSA: Strengthen ESG asset manager approach

Japan's asset managers with ESG funds should continuously strengthen their investment process under a set of principles issued by the national regulator.

Verra bans greenwashing cryptos using retired credits

Verra, the world's largest verifier of carbon credits and offsets, has banned the practice of creating instruments or tokens based on retired credits, as their environmental benefits have already been consumed.

People moves 27 May: BlackRock, Just Climate, Candriam, Bridgepoint and more...

BlackRock to launch gender-equity funds

Canadian regulator unveils ISSB, TCFD reporting requirements

Canada's financial institutions are to be required to provide annual climate disclosures, conduct regular climate scenario analysis and study the impact of climate change on their capital reserves, under regulatory expectations published for consultation.

Video: Affirmative Investment Management's Katie House on social bonds

"The biggest impact that the European Commission's social taxonomy will have is that it can provide really helpful guidance, especially for our research to determine whether something should fall into our investable universe," according to Katie House...

Dolma Nepalese hydro firm receives IPO approval

A hydropower developer in Nepal, partly owned by a Dolma impact fund, has received approval from the regulator to list on the country's stock exchange.

Exxon shareholders support net-zero scenario report

Shareholders at US oil & gas supermajor ExxonMobil have voted in favour of a resolution to report on a net-zero by 2050 scenario.

DNA biodiversity data company raises $15m

UK biodiversity data company NatureMetrics has raised $15 million in funding from supporters including BNP Paribas.