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Sustainability-linked bonds: One year after the principles - where to next?

Amid ongoing innovation and accelerating growth in 2021, where should the sustainability-linked bond market look next? Ahren Lester reports

Sustainability-linked bonds: One year after the principles - Part 1

One year after the Sustainability Linked Bond Principles were published, the target-based fixed income instrument is seeing issuance accelerate. Market participants warn, however, that some current issues lack substance. Ahren Lester reports

$8trn investors back IIGCC 'Net Zero Investment Framework' launch

News Round Up: EU Commission, BlackRock, Nordea, and more

News round-up: US sustainable investment boom, human rights disclosure fail, CIP, and more...

ASI unveils Asian equity fund 'aligned to' SDGs

UK-based Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has launched an Asian Sustainable Development Equity Fund it says is 'aligned to' the UNSustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Meat industry "burying head in the sand" over climate risk

Many of the major global meat producers are failing to adapt to climate change challenges, a report has argued.

PRI joins investors in creating expectations for aviation industry

The UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has laid out investor expectations for the aviation sector in the transition to a low carbon economy.

ESG Data Files, part seven: Building data for real estate

A raft of standards and certification schemes can help real estate investors understand transition risks in their portfolio, writes Christopher Marchant

Aberdeen Standard Investments to construct its own climate scenarios

Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) is to build its own climate scenarios to help it better understand the potential impacts of global warming on its investments.