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Bogged down in Bonn
21 June 2024Slow progress on negotiations on Article 6 in Bonn leaves much to be thrashed out at COP29, writes
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All 14 TNFD metrics interoperable with ESRS
20 June 2024A new mapping of the interoperability between the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) and the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) has found a "high level of commonality".
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WBA consults on transition plan credibility assessment
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UK's FCA investigating climate-related misconduct
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Swiss financial institutions agree to audit sustainability practices to stave off regulator
20 June 2024Swiss banks, insurers and asset managers have agreed to 'self-regulation' that includes the independent audit of implementation of the sustainability approaches they claim to make, in a bid to stave off regulation by the state.
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NGFS encourages central banks to model 'worst-case' climate impacts
19 June 2024The Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) has encouraged central banks to disclose the results of analysis exploring the worst-case scenario for climate-related physical and transition risks.
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EU regulators pitch SFDR 'sustainability scale' and 'transition' category
18 June 2024EU regulators have suggested creating a category for 'transition investment' and a scale by which the relative sustainability of investments can be judged in an opinion on the review of the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation.
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EU countries agree weakened text for green claims directive
18 June 2024EU countries have agreed a text for the proposed Green Claims Directive which contains weaker language on the use of carbon credits than that agreed by the European Parliament.
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EU Green Bond Standard is 'quite tricky' - especially for sovereigns, says CA-CIB
18 June 2024Issuing green bonds using the EU Green Bond Standard (GBS) is "quite tricky" and is unlikely to see a lot of issuance except among a "handful" of issuers in the near term, according to Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank (CA-CIB).
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EU Nature Restoration Law finally approved in 'massive victory for nature'
17 June 2024An EU law to restore at least 20% of the EU's land and sea areas by 2030 has been approved after a 'compromise' text won a slim majority among EU countries - a move welcomed by investors and NGOs who called it "a massive victory for Europe's nature".