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Need to bring ocean data to the financial 'front line', says former Citi chairman

Better access to higher-quality data for financial institutions and investors will help to scale up ocean-related investing, according to Citi's former sustainability chairman.

Sanoma prepares rare €150m Nordic social bond debut

Finnish media and educational publishing firm Sanoma is planning to raise up to €150 million ($166 million) from its debut social bond, which could make it only the seventh social bond issuer in the Nordic region.

Risk of fragmentation of ESG ratings regulation remains despite IOSCO work, CDP warns

Differences in how countries have devised rules or voluntary codes of conduct for ESG ratings and data shows that there remains a risk of divergence between jurisdictions that raises costs for providers and users, CDP has warned.

CBI to launch climate resilience taxonomy this month

The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) will launch its initial Climate Resilience Taxonomy on 25 September with draft criteria, ahead of detailed thematic criteria being developed in the next phase of the work.

African alliance looks to mobilise $10m towards nature

The African Natural Capital Alliance is aiming to mobilise $10 million towards nature-based solutions through a programme which will bring together financial institutions from across Africa.

Federated Hermes skeptical of ESG-linked executive pay

BeyondNetZero has proved it isn't too big for climate start-up space

General Atlantic's inaugural BeyondNetZero fund is 'very complementary' to the venture capital strategies, despite being nearly 10x the average VC fund size, its managing director has claimed.

Letshego issues first Namibian social bond

The Namibian arm of pan-African lender Letshego has raised NAD260 million ($15 million) from its debut social bond, which is also the first social note from a Namibian issuer.

BRICS countries to scale up carbon markets participation

Central banks face higher risk of monetary policy mistakes due to climate change, NGFS says

The increasing frequency and intensity of floods, earthquakes and heatwaves due to climate change is likely to make it harder for central banks to forecast inflation and productivity, thereby raising the risk of "mistakes", a group of central banks has suggested.