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EFRAG appoints EU sustainability reporting standards group

An advisory group has been appointed to help develop European corporate sustainability reporting standards.

BlackRock to score its impact using SDG 'data factory'

The world's biggest asset manager, BlackRock, has subscribed to a dataset for investors that analyses corporate alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Circular economy fundraise upsized

Circularity Capital announced its second fund has raised €215 million ($230 million) in a fundraise that was upscaled due to strong investor demand.

Credit Suisse faces first climate resolution

Credit Suisse has encouraged shareholders to vote against a resolution that would require the Swiss bank to annually disclose progress against its climate financing goals.

OCBC partners with MVGX on carbon tokens

AXA IM requires investee board to have "proven ESG track-record"

In updated voting policy

WBA launches nature benchmark methodology

The World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) has published the methodology for its forthcoming benchmark that will rank 1,000 companies on their nature-related impacts and dependencies.

UK taskforce to develop transition plan 'gold standard'

The UK treasury has created a 'transition plan taskforce' to develop what it says will be "the gold standard" for climate transition plans by UK financial institutions and listed companies, in a move that is believed to be the first of its kind.

Emerging market 'real economy' sustainable bond report published

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Environmental Finance have published a report on emerging market 'real economy' sustainable bond issuance trends...

CIC raises $300m for deeptech & life sciences fund

Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC) has raised £225 million ($300 million) from investors, including M&G, for its oversubscribed impact fund.