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  • Chile prepares ground-breaking sovereign sustainability-linked bond

    23 February 2022

    Chile is preparing to issue a ground-breaking debut sovereign sustainability-linked bond (SLB) in "coming weeks" after publishing its framework.

  • Allianz to reject European executive pay policies without ESG metrics

    23 February 2022

    Allianz Global Investors will vote against executive pay policies at large European firms in 2023 if they are not tied to environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics.

  • Verisk launches new Sovereign ESG Ratings

    17 February 2022

    Data analytics provider Verisk Maplecroft has launched sovereign environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings,...

  • Sustainability-linked finance guidelines for shipping firms published

    17 February 2022

    Guidelines for shipping firms and lenders on issuing sustainability-linked loans and bonds have been published by a working group of Nordic firms in order to introduce a higher level of industry standardisation and avoid 'greenwashing'.

  • Building emissions database launched

    16 February 2022

    An emissions database for European buildings has been launched by the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF).

  • ICMA urges EU taxonomy flexibility to ensure usability - Updated

    15 February 2022

    The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has urged the EU to make its taxonomy "flexible" in key areas, including 'do no significant harm' disclosure requirements and the 'grandfathering' of current green bonds.

  • Data firms team up on SFDR compliance product

    15 February 2022

    Advisory firm LPA and data provider Globalance have partnered to extend coverage of a tool for sustainability analysis of investment portfolios to help meet EU sustainability reporting requirements.

  • Aviva lends backing to sovereign climate reporting proposals

    14 February 2022

    Aviva Investors has expressed its support for a proposed standardised climate and nature disclosure framework for sovereign issuers, which the investor said would help its research and engagement.

  • Morningstar revokes sustainable label from hundreds of EU funds

    14 February 2022

    Morningstar has reversed a previous decision to label more than 1,200 EU funds as 'sustainable', after scrutinising their documents.

  • Chaucer and Moody's announce ESG scorecard collaboration

    14 February 2022

    Chaucer has announced it will collaborate with data analytics firm Moody's to create ESG scorecards which it claims would be the first of their kind in the (re)insurance sector.