News

  • PRI criticise ISSB disclosure materiality proposals

    04 February 2022

    The UN Principle for Responsible Investment (PRI) has urged the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) to tighten its approach to materiality assessments in its sustainability-related financial disclosure standard, including requiring issuers to explain why data is omitted and include their supply chains in assessments.

  • Entelligent raises $6m for climate risk platform

    04 February 2022

    US data firm Entelligent has announced the first close of its Series A funding of its climate risk platform for financial institutions at almost $5.7 million, according to US government records.

  • Engine No. 1 ETF targets high-emitting companies

    04 February 2022

    US impact investment group Engine No. 1 is targeting high-emitting companies including General Motors through the launch of an exchange-traded fund (ETF).

  • Dutch MEP decries privatisation of ESG data important to insurers

    04 February 2022

    Kieler Rück CEO calls European Single Access Point a "game changer"

  • ESMA calls for evidence ahead of ESG ratings regulation

    04 February 2022

    The EU's securities markets regulator has asked for evidence on ESG ratings providers, as it considers rules to govern the booming market.

  • Agriculture tech provider Agritask raises $26m

    04 February 2022

    Agritask has raised $26 million in a funding round led by Bridges Israel impact investment fund, Liechtenstein Group and Smart Agro Fund, as well as existing investors including the Insuresilience Investment Fund.

  • People Moves 4 February: CalPERS, Citi, Morningstar, Guinness & more

    04 February 2022
  • Carbon scores 'over represent' impact bond emissions, says Nuveen

    04 February 2022

    Nuveen is creating custom carbon datasets to track the emissions of its impact bonds, as present datasets measure emissions of parent companies and not bond-funded projects, leading to "incorrect conclusions" about project emissions, it said.

  • German green bond 'Greenium' widened in 2021

    03 February 2022

    Persistent high demand for German sovereign green bonds last year widened the premium investors were prepared to pay for the green label,...

  • Chinese green loans up 33% in a year, says PBoC

    03 February 2022

    Green loans in China reached 15.9 trillion yuan ($2.5 trillion) by the end of 2021, according to a new report from the People's Bank of China (PBoC).