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COP27 draft criticised for not tackling fossil fuels

The first draft of the COP27 final agreement has been criticised for not committing to reducing fossil fuel usage other than unabated coal, with an institutional investor lamenting the lack of progress.

Abrdn calls on investors to target 'critically underfunded' climate adaptation

Abrdn has called on investors to scale up climate adaptation investment to tackle the 'adaptation financing gap'.

The Future of ESG Data Conference: Highlights

Environmental Finance's in-person conference on The Future of ESG Data this week highlighted the numerous challenges that are being addressed in the space, as related regulatory and market developments unfold at record pace

Fund-level scenario analysis requirement is 'regulatory overkill'

The merits and shortcomings of scenario analysis were debated at a panel discussion at The Future of ESG Data conference. Peter Cripps reports

People moves 19 August: Credit Suisse, Standard Chartered, Abrdn & more...

Abrdn: EU Taxonomy social proposals could have 'drastic' impact

Proposals on 'minimum safeguards' for human rights issues from the advisory body for the EU Taxonomy of sustainable activities could have "drastic" effects in further narrowing the number of investments that can be deemed 'sustainable', an executive at Abrdn has said.

Abrdn flagship Asia fund converting to SFDR Article 8

People moves 10 June: ISSB, Abrdn, GFANZ, Nomura, CPR & more...

Abrdn and UNESCO partner to fund UN SDGs

People Moves 25 March: HSBC; Abrdn; ANZ; MSCI & more...