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Environmental Finance's IMPACT Awards 2024 open for entries

Nominations have opened for the 2024 Environmental Finance IMPACT Awards.

ASEAN public sector 'critical' to energising local sustainable bond markets

Public sector issuers in Asia have a "significantly limited" presence in sustainable bond markets, but a think tank said sovereign and government-related bonds are "critical" to energising local sustainable bond issuance.

Vanguard did not support any environmental proposals last year

Vanguard did not support any of 400 environmental or social shareholder proposals it encountered in the most recent proxy season, arguing that the proposals were either not addressing financially material aspects or "were overly prescriptive".

People Moves, 30 August: Impax Asset Management, GIST Impact, Nefco, Reactivate

Transition plan rules 'should require disclosure of' expected climate impact

Regulatory frameworks for disclosure of climate transition plans should require companies to explain what impact they expect their plans to have on greenhouse gas emissions, ClarityAI has suggested.

Landmark Slovenian social bond sends 'Samurai' sustainable bond market to record highs

Slovenia has raised JPY50 billion ($345 million) from a dual-tranche Japanese yen-denominated social bond, which is the first 'Samurai' social bond issued by a sovereign.

Global biodiversity metric being developed by engineering giant

Danish engineering giant Ramboll is developing an open-source global biodiversity metric to help standardise assessments and improve reporting.

Hard for recycling companies to be 'commercially successful', warns BNP Paribas

Financing and adoption challenges means recycling companies will find it hard to be commercially successful, BNP Paribas Asset Management has warned, adding that companies with "good technologies" are still failing.

Transition plans can help dispel malaise in sustainable finance markets, ESMA says

More widespread publication of credible climate transition plans could drive "broader willingness to invest in transitioning firms", in the face of a drop-off in allocations to European sustainability-themed funds, according to the EU's securities markets regulator.

AI and biodiversity top engagement priorities for Federated Hermes