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  • Real estate decarbonisation standard under construction

    18 January 2022

    A global standard for the real estate sector to set 'science-based' targets that help restrict global temperature rise to 1.5°C is set for release in April, it has been revealed.

  • 64 shades of green

    18 January 2022

    Data is just the beginning and not the solution for the financial industry, argue Sandro Schmid and Egor Maslov

  • Most large French companies 'still don't have enough women on boards'

    17 January 2022

    A €5 trillion ($5.7 trillion) French investor initiative focused on improving corporate gender diversity hopes for "more tangible progress" in 2022...

  • Citi, CommerzBank among climate tech firm backers

    17 January 2022

    A climate technology firm has raised $19 million in funding from five investors, including the venture capital arms of Citi and CommerzBank.

  • PRI calls for human rights-linked sovereign bonds

    13 January 2022

    The UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has urged its signatories to encourage countries to issue sustainability-linked bonds tied to human rights factors as part of a drive to incorporate human rights into investment decisions.

  • Simplifying the CA100+ net-zero benchmark is 'laughable'

    13 January 2022

    Criticism of the Net-Zero Company Benchmark developed by Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) being "too complicated" has been described as "laughable,"...

  • TPI: Investors need better scenario data

    12 January 2022

    Investors would benefit from climate-related scenarios being focused on their needs rather than on the requirements of policymakers,...

  • MSCI partners with GIST on impact data

    12 January 2022

    Financial services giant MSCI has partnered with impact data specialist GIST to provide its clients with access to information on companies' positive and negative environmental and social impact.

  • Sustainability disclosure requirements won't be enough

    12 January 2022

    Regulations and disclosure requirements are too easy to skirt. We need concrete plans of action which reflect the irreversible nature of the ongoing climate crisis, argue David Ko and Richard Busellato

  • 'Gap set to close' in investor focus on methane of waste firms

    11 January 2022

    Stakeholders in waste management firms give them only a small amount of attention despite their significant contribution to methane emissions, US data provider FactSet has said.