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ICMA working group considering including avoided emissions in bond, loan principles

The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has set up a working group to consider including 'avoided emissions' in principles for sustainability bonds and loans.

EU due diligence rules 'back to square one' as countries reject text

The EU's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) is in peril after EU member states voted down the latest text, forcing it back to the European Parliament just three months before the end of its mandate.

S&P launches two biodiversity benchmarks

S&P Dow Jones Indices has launched two biodiversity benchmarks, tracking a subset of equities within the S&P 500 and S&P Global LargeMidCap indices.

Federated Hermes leads $25m funding round in Singapore compliance platform

Bain is first company to make VCMI credit claim

Management consultancy Bain & Company become the first organisation to make the highest-level of carbon integrity claim under the Voluntary Carbon Market Integrity Initiative (VCMI) claims code.

Support CSDDD to save lives, expert group urges German government

SEC dropping Scope 3 disclosure requirement will not prevent legal action, lawyer warns

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)'s reported plan to drop a requirement that would require publicly listed companies to disclose value chain emissions will not protect the government agency from legal action, a lawyer has said.

Investors have 'sleepless nights' over net zero targets tied to estimated data

Institutional investors lose sleep over net zero targets for which progress reporting is tied to huge volumes of estimated data, particularly data relating to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from a company's value chain, a conference heard.

ICMA draws up a 'Common Ground Taxonomy' for transition plans

The influential trade association wants issuer to act on transition plans before regulations arrive, and has provided a high-level tool to get the process started. Ahren Lester reports

Impact accounting framework released - with $236 per tonne cost of carbon

The International Foundation for Valuing Impacts has published two draft methodologies - on greenhouse gas emissions and adequate wages. Michael Hurley speaks with Daniel Osusky