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Sustainable bonds 'more attractive' to investors if primary spend is clear, says APG

Sustainable bond issuers have been urged to make it clear to investors where they primarily intend to allocate spending, according to pension fund investment firm APG - even if such guidance has to be qualitative rather than quantitative.

European Leaders at COP16 are Helping Protect Indigenous Lands

Protecting 30% of the Earth should not mean expelling Indigenous Peoples and local communities from their land, write Dr. James C. Deutsch and Dr. Viviana Figueroa

From COP to coop

While COP16 is important, it is also worth paying attention to a bond issue from a UK chicken producer, write Ulf Erlandsson and Trisha Hutchinson

Impact could top 15% of UK's total AUM by 2030, investors predict

Gaps remain despite progress on PAI reporting, as regulators told to step up scrutiny

Gaps remain in financial institutions' reporting of the 'principal adverse impacts' (PAIs) of investments, and despite gradual improvements in some areas EU regulators were told to "increasingly challenge" investors on their reporting.