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UK firms facing 'cliff-edge' risks of fund name rule breach given reprieve by regulator
09 September 2024Fund managers struggling to meet a looming deadline to comply with UK sustainability name rules have been given an extension by their regulator.
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Natural gas is flashpoint in Australian taxonomy consultation
09 September 2024Disagreements over whether gas should be included in Australia's taxonomy of sustainable finance activities have been exposed by responses to a consultation.
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Reform of international financial architecture gaining momentum before COP29, Aviva says
09 September 2024Calls to reform the international financial architecture to better support the achievement of the Paris Agreement goals are growing louder, as countries prepare for COP29 and their next round of climate targets, according to Aviva Investors.
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Central banks have a 'duty' to manage nature risks, says ECB
06 September 2024Central banks have a "duty" to manage nature-related risks, the European Central Bank has said, warning that litigation poses an increasing threat.
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'Water will be one of the biggest investment themes over the next decade'
05 September 2024Swedish lender SEB said that water is going to be a megatrend which should be the "biggest investment theme over the next decade," but we need to work out how to tailor sustainable finance instruments.
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Cuts to UK Stewardship Code must not translate into reduced scrutiny, FRC told
05 September 2024The removal of some reporting requirements under the UK Stewardship Code to reduce the reporting burden on signatories must not lead to weakened regulatory scrutiny of reporting, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has been told.
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MSCI developing transition plan assessment product
05 September 2024Data giant MSCI is developing a dedicated product to help investors assess the credibility of climate transition plans, Environmental Finance has learned.
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Inadequate credit market could worsen biodiversity loss, warns Grantham Institute
04 September 2024Failing to set a up a properly functioning biodiversity credit market and inadequately addressing fundamental problems could worsen nature losses, the Grantham Institute has warned.
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European groups exploring adoption of UK Transition Plan Taskforce framework
04 September 2024German and French investor groups have begun preliminary talks to understand how the UK Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) framework can be used in the European countries, Environmental Finance has learned.
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Build EU sector-specific standards on ISSB baseline, Faber says
04 September 2024Delays to the introduction of EU sustainability reporting standards gives the bloc an opportunity to base its requirements on the IFRS S1 and S2 standards, the European Commission has heard.