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EU reporting on adverse impacts 'lacks detail'

NZAOA urges ISSB to explicitly recommend 'net zero' targets

The UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) has urged the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) to "expressly integrate" net-zero emissions...

MAS launches climate fintech programme

The Monetary Authority of Singapore has launched climate fintech programme, Point Carbon Zero, in collaboration with Google Cloud.

GHG 'accountability crisis' requires single standard

There is an "accountability crisis" around carbon emissions that can only be solved through government intervention and "mandatory disclosure", market experts warned.

Sustainalytics delivers most SPOs in first half of 2022

Sustainalytics provided the most second-party opinions (SPOs) for sustainable finance frameworks in the first half of 2022, according to Environmental Finance figures.

Climate resilience taxonomy is CBI's 'next big project'

Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) is preparing a 'climate resilience taxonomy' after it updated its green bond methodology and published its social and sustainability bond methodology.

Companies with ESG ratings upgrades outperform sector, says Jefferies

MSCI: 39% of ACWI exposed to biodiversity risk

Almost two in five (39%) constituents of MSCI's flagship global equity index have at least one asset located in an area sensitive to biodiversity loss, the firm said.

ISSB 'to extend business-as-usual,' says Mirova's Zaouati

Mirova chief executive Philippe Zaouati described the approach of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) towards 'double materiality'...

ISSB urged to require Paris-alignment in early feedback

Market participants have urged the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) to consider requiring Paris Agreement-aligned scenarios in preliminary feedback to their draft standards...