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  • Forging a united front: UK regulators take steps to combat greenwashing

    29 March 2024

    It is likely only a matter of time before we start to see greenwashing litigation claims being brought against corporates in the UK, write Chris Warren-Smith, Carl Valenstein and Michelle Page

  • Loans round-up: ThaiBev, ISF, Invenergy ... and more

    28 March 2024
  • Blurred lines between ESG and Impact need clarification, says Amundi

    28 March 2024

    The sustainable finance industry needs to move away from treating sustainable investing and impact investing as synonymous, Amundi Asset Management has claimed.

  • LMA exploring 'transition loan' label as sustainability-linked debt flounders

    28 March 2024

    The Loan Market Association (LMA) is exploring the creation of a label for loans that finance climate transition-themed projects or activities, as it considers how to drive more investment in 'hard-to-abate' sectors.

  • Nature resolutions hit double figures in North America

    28 March 2024

    Nature-related shareholder resolutions have hit double figures for the first time in North America, and are predicted to gain strong investor support.

  • Why the forest carbon market is bouncing back

    28 March 2024

    Demand and prices for high quality credits are on the rise - and that's good news for nature, argues Angela Churie Kallhauge

  • Saint-Gobain: EU Taxonomy 'opened green bonds for us'

    28 March 2024

    French construction materials firm Saint-Gobain switched from sustainability-linked bonds to green bonds for its latest sustainable bond deal, after EU Taxonomy-aligned disclosures helped it identify eligible activities.

  • Vanguard's Australian arm made 'misleading' ESG claims regarding bond fund, court rules

    28 March 2024

    Vanguard's Australian arm broke the law by "making misleading claims about certain ESG exclusionary screens" applied to investments in a bond index fund, the Australian Federal Court has ruled in a landmark case.

  • ASEAN Taxonomy extended to transport, construction and real estate

    27 March 2024

    An update to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance has seen the ground-breaking 'green' list extended to cover the transport and construction and real estate sectors.

  • NA100 launches engagement guide for eight 'systemically important' sectors

    27 March 2024