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  • NBIM backs ISSB enterprise value approach

    25 April 2022

    Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) has said it supports the IFRS Foundation's focus on sustainability factors that affect a company's 'enterprise value' as the standard setter develops 'baseline' global sustainability standards.

  • China becomes second largest climate funds market

    25 April 2022

    China has overtaken the US to become the second largest climate funds market, after its assets more than doubled to $47 billion last year.

  • Social taxonomy's use for bonds 'limited'

    22 April 2022

    The EU Platform's proposed taxonomy of social activities may have only limited use for social bond issuers, according to a panel of market practitioners.

  • EU GBS 'may be a step backward' for green bond impact reporting

    22 April 2022

    The EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS) has been criticised as "definitely not a step forward, and maybe a step backward" with regards to the social and environmental impact reports expected of issuers.

  • PRI: EU regulation 'inconsistent' with investing for impact

    22 April 2022

    The PRI published a series of policy recommendations in a report that builds on the findings of the Legal Framework for Impact.

  • People moves 22 April 2022 including Lloyds, BlackRock & more...

    22 April 2022
  • Private equity firms reach 'tipping point' in net-zero targets

    22 April 2022

    European private equity firms have reached a critical threshold in the number setting science-based decarbonisation targets, a member of the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has said.

  • Engagement framework issued ahead of AGM season

    22 April 2022

    A toolkit on engagement by UK pension fund RailPen and the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) has been published in time for the Spring voting season.

  • Less than half of impact reports are comparable, says BlueMark

    21 April 2022

    BlueMark has called for guidance from standard setters that makes the environmental and social impacts of investments "comparable" in financial reports.

  • Carbon pricing vital to Asian green transition

    21 April 2022

    Carbon pricing should be promoted in Asian countries to support the green transition according to research from the Boao Forum for Asia