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  • Taxonomy cuts to 'significantly damage' sustainable investment market, warn EU advisers

    26 March 2025

    The EU has been warned by its expert advisers that proposed cuts to its sustainability taxonomy will have negative 'ripple effects' on the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and constrain the market for sustainable and transition investments.

  • Trade associations launch 'refreshed' sustainable loan principles

    26 March 2025

    Influential loan market associations have published an updated set of the widely used sustainable loan principles, with the most substantial changes made to the Sustainability Linked Loan Principles (SLLP).

  • UK government recommits to BNG

    26 March 2025

    UK Environment Minister Steve Reed has recommitted to Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) requirements amid concerns that the 'landmark' legislation could be dropped.

  • National Wealth Fund must bridge UK transition financing gap, says Phoenix

    26 March 2025

    The UK's National Wealth Fund needs to bridge the financing gap between transition-focused local infrastructure projects and institutional investors, one of the UK's biggest pension providers has argued.

  • ASCOR: Growth, refinements to continue after 'strong' 2024

    26 March 2025

    The Assessing Sovereign Climate-related Opportunities and Risks (ASCOR) tool is expected to be expanded to 80 countries by the end of 2025.

  • Reliance on taxonomy would be ill-advised in overhauled SFDR, ICMA tells EU

    25 March 2025

    The EU has been warned against a 'potentially reductionist approach' overly relying on its taxonomy at the expense of the theme of transition in an overhauled Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) by the International Capital Market Association (ICMA).

  • Canada, Japan targeted in PRI sovereign engagement initiative expansion

    25 March 2025

    Canada and Japan are the next focus countries for the collaborative sovereign investor engagement initiative launched by the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).

  • Biodiversity financing and the European Green Deal: an opportunity amidst adversity

    25 March 2025

    The European Green Deal, which aims to transform the EU into the first climate-neutral continent and halt biodiversity loss, is currently in jeopardy, writes Geoffroy Marcassoli

  • UK 'actively considering' linking with EU ETS

    25 March 2025
  • QBE leaves NZAOA

    25 March 2025