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Hard for recycling companies to be 'commercially successful', warns BNP Paribas

Financing and adoption challenges means recycling companies will find it hard to be commercially successful, BNP Paribas Asset Management has warned, adding that companies with "good technologies" are still failing.

BNP Paribas to rename transition fund over negative connotations

BNP Paribas Asset Management is looking to rename its Energy Transition Fund over concerns that the term now has negative connotations.

Six ways to transition to safer, more sustainable chemicals

The UN Global Framework on Chemicals provides a roadmap for investors on shifting away from harmful chemicals, write Caroline Boden, Rachel Crossley and Alexandra MacPherson

The complexities of applying the EU's CBAM to aluminium producers

Emissions linked to electricity consumption in aluminium production are currently not included in the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism's calculations, writes Juliette de Valence

BNPP AM expands climate ETF range

ESMA name rules important step in unlocking transition finance, says BNPP AM

Improved clarity from regulators on what constitutes a sustainable investment is a pre-requisite for unlocking widespread investment in 'transition' assets to reach net zero, according to the CEO of one of Europe's largest asset managers.

BNP launches transition fund

Investors devise long wish list for much-maligned SFDR

Every financial product sold in the EU should be required to disclose sustainability information under the much-maligned Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), Europe's largest asset manager has said.

CA100+ adds six investor members to Global Steering Committee

Climate Action 100+ (CA100+), the world's biggest collaborative engagement initiative, has named six new investor members to join its Global Steering Committee.

Our first question when we see an SLB: 'What are these guys hiding?'

A sustainable bond investor said it treats sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) with a "huge dose of caution and scepticism," arguing that market practices for the performance-based instrument have provided...