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Sustainable underwriting is more arduous than sustainable investment

Axa, Zurich and Aviva discussed their journeys to carbon neutrality at the IDF Summit this week, and how they will meet their commitments to net-zero underwriting. Cintia Cheong reports

News round-up: AIGCC and Candriam

Aviva: OECD climate platform could reduce greenwashing

Aviva Investors has renewed calls for an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) climate finance platform it said could reduce greenwashing by encouraging investment in emerging markets.

Food systems: Investment risk and opportunity, Part one

Moving to more sustainable food production is necessary to cut GHG emissions and biodiversity loss - but assessing risk and opportunity can be hard, Michael Hurley writes

News round-up: Impax, NZAOA, Credit Suisse and Aviva

Aviva Investors creates SONIA and ESG-linked interest rate swap repack

Sustainability-linked bond step-ups need to be 'more material' for firms

The coupon step-ups associated with sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) need to be "more material" for firms than is demonstrated by current market practice, according to Aviva Investors.

Credit investors must drive ESG differentiation as post-QE influence grows

The differentiation in the credit spread performance between environmental, social and governance (ESG) leaders and laggards is currently limited, but Aviva Investors expects this to increase as quantitative easing (QE) programmes wind down.

News round-up: Aviva, S&P, Germany

Aviva launches Climate Transition Global Credit Fund