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Australia's biggest superfunds accused of greenwashing

Australia's biggest superfunds have been accused of greenwashing by campaign group Market Forces, for failing to engage effectively with high emitters.

Taking sustainable sukuk to the next level

Islamic financiers are hoping to capitalise on growing international ESG demand, Fitch Ratings' Bashar Al-Natoor tells Genevieve Redgrave

Mirova raises $171m for emerging markets energy transition fund

Mirova has raised $171 million in the first close of its clean energy transition fund which will invest in emerging markets across Africa and the Asia-Pacific region.

Australian industry drowning under sustainability requirements, says Fiona Reynolds

Companies and institutional investors in Australia are "drowning" in a flood of new sustainability requirements, ex-Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) head Fiona Reynolds has said.

Deutsche Bank agrees green loan for Vietnamese manufacturing factory

Accounting for Asia's biodiversity

The finance industry should develop its own methods of biodiversity accounting, argues ADM's Christopher Botsford

Bank lending to emissions-intensive Japanese firms declined, BIS paper says

EF's Sustainable Investment Awards open for entries

Entries to Environmental Finance's annual Sustainable Investment Awards are open until 14 April 2023.

Low-carbon benchmarks risk pulling assets from EMs, warns Prudential

Some climate indexes risk unintentionally "pulling funding away from countries that need it the most" to transform their still-developing economies, a major Asian insurer has warned.

First Sentier to launch nature-related risk toolkit

First Sentier Investors has said it will launch a toolkit to help other financial institutions navigate nature-related risks.