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Temasek 'unlikely' to meet 2030 targets due to hard-to-abate holdings

Singaporean investor Temasek said it is unlikely to meet its 2030 targets for reducing portfolio emissions, blaming "today's realities", and has placed its 2050 decarbonisation plan under review.

SBTi's Corporate Net Zero Standard 2.0 unveils role for carbon credits

The long-awaited Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) Corporate Net Zero Standard 2.0 has urged companies to "deploy every lever in your control" to hit targets, which includes roles for energy attribute certificates (EACs) and carbon credits.

SBTi shifts strategy, from target setting to implementation

The Science-based Targets initiative (SBTi) is planning to move away from helping companies set targets - to helping them implement them, its 2026-2030 strategy document has revealed.

Sustainable debt round-up: IBRD, Lendlease REIT, Boralex ... and more

Why banks are back in the carbon markets

Growing confidence and policy support is driving banks' action in the carbon markets. Genevieve Redgrave reports

The EU's carbon trade tariff

The EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism has come into force and is set to have a significant impact on markets. Rob Langston reports

Ditch 1.5°C focus given likely overshoot, NBIM tells SBTi

Likely "overshoot" of an aim to keep warming within 1.5°C should mean the widely used Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) abandons its focus on the alignment target in favour of a less ambitious one, according to Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM).

Are the SDGs still the framework for impact investors?

The SDGs are no longer top of the tree in the 'lexicon jungle' of impact investing, writes Jennifer Forrest

'Asia will win the EM impact race'

Asia will win the race to secure emerging market capital allocations, an impact investor has claimed.

'Net zero as the north star': SBTi publishes second draft of revised corporate standard

A second draft of the Science-Based Targets initiative's (SBTi) revised corporate net-zero standard will aim to make net-zero target-setting "easier to understand, apply and scale across sectors and regions".