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Nature risk toolkit launched for southeast Asia

A toolkit has been launched to help financial institutions in southeast Asia identify which nature datasets can be used to assess nature-related risks.

ISSB chair calls on EU to keep 'anticipated financial effects' reporting

The EU should ensure that reporting the 'anticipated financial effects' of sustainability risks remains a "core" mandatory requirement in its reporting rules, the chair of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) said.

Time to move on from 'legacy' sustainability disclosure regimes

As the UK continues to develop its forward-looking sustainability disclosure standards, a trade association has urged UK regulators to focus on "moving beyond" the "legacy" disclosure regimes already in place to cut down the number of rules.

Exclusive: Combined climate and nature value-at-risk tool launched

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and NatureAlpha are launching a tool to price climate and nature value-at-risk, as part of a partnership that could see them release a nature index later this year, Environmental Finance has learned.

Google funds water resilience data tool

SFDR agreement criticised for allowing fossil fuels in transition funds

EU countries agreed that companies deriving large revenues from fossil fuels could qualify for 'transition' funds under the bloc's flagship Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), in move widely criticised by NGOs.

Banks' uneven progress on sustainability flagged in UNEP FI survey

Weaknesses in banks' management of sustainability risks have been flagged in a report that points to the need for improved disclosure of forward-looking information.

MSCI in $120m physical risk data deal

The arms race to provide physical climate risk data escalated today as ESG data provider MSCI announced the $120 million acquisition of First Street, and Sustainalytics revealed a new collaboration with data providers.

BlackRock funds to integrate biodiversity intactness index

BlackRock has partnered with the Natural History Museum to use its Biodiversity Intactness Index (BII) data in managing some of its funds.

Draft ESRS for non-EU companies unveiled

Draft European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) for reporting by companies based outside the EU but generating large revenues in the bloc have been published, in advance of a vote to approve them for consultation next month.