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Healthcare investing facing 'perfect storm' similar to energy systems, says LOIM
07 August 2024A "wildly inefficient" health system has presented "the perfect storm" of investment opportunity, Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM) has claimed.
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'Major shift in expectations' of nature-based credits needed, say investors and academics
07 August 2024As over-crediting and trust issues pervade the voluntary carbon market, a "major shift in expectations" will be needed to create a higher-integrity market, a group of investors and academics has argued.
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'Annual social bond reporting doesn't make sense'
06 August 2024A major European issuer has argued that the sustainable bond market should look beyond annual reporting to better capture the long-term impact sought by instruments such as social and biodiversity-focused bonds.
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ISSB outlines further details on nature plans
06 August 2024The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has announced further details of its nature workstream, including plans to assess biodiversity within its current sustainability standards.
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Banks reporting 'very low' green assets amid data 'shortcomings'
06 August 2024European banks have reported "very low" green asset ratios (GAR) in the first year of the disclosures amid important shortcomings in the data applied which impact their comparability, according to Barclays.
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Impact mandates do not require an all-or-nothing approach to emerging markets, says BlueOrchard
06 August 2024Tailoring impact investment mandates to commit just a fraction to emerging markets is an increasingly attractive starting point for mobilising greater capital into the Global South, an impact investor has told Environmental Finance.
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Millions of carbon credits ineligible for ICVCM's 'best-in-class' label
06 August 2024One-third of credits in the voluntary carbon market issued under existing standards are not eligible for the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) 'best-in-class' Core Carbon Principles (CCP) label.
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Germany's BaFin already screening funds using ESMA name rules
06 August 2024Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has already begun screening new fund applications using EU rules governing the use of sustainability terms in fund names, months before the rules apply at EU level.
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Citi eyes debt-for-nature swaps in Africa
06 August 2024Citi has revealed that it is looking to carry out more debt-for-nature swaps in Africa but believes further education for governments and more investor demand will be critical for delivering more transactions.
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Analysts need to be 'sanity check' for AI, says Iceberg
05 August 2024Amidst the growing role of artificial intelligence (AI) in sustainability data provision, Iceberg Data Labs has predicted a growing role for analysts acting as an 'expert eye' for the emerging technology.
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