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CDPQ backs Chinook Forest Partners for forestland portfolio

Risk of fragmentation of ESG ratings regulation remains despite IOSCO work, CDP warns

Differences in how countries have devised rules or voluntary codes of conduct for ESG ratings and data shows that there remains a risk of divergence between jurisdictions that raises costs for providers and users, CDP has warned.

Judging the credibility of transition plans, part one

Investors preparing for a wave of transition plan disclosures face a complicated task to determine 'what good looks like', Michael Hurley writes

$21bn needed for cities' climate resilience

TransitionArc launched to 'supercharge' transition plan analysis

CDP, Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) and the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) have collaborated with Climate Arc to launch a "one-stop tool to assess corporate transitions" that a senior executive said would "supercharge" such analysis.

Apple, Amazon and EasyJet targeted on water data

A group of over 100 global financial institutions has targeted 1,029 high water use companies to disclose their water related impacts and risks to CDP, the non-profit environmental disclosure platform.

New CDP platform to streamline disclosure for nature and climate reporting

CDP has launched a new disclosure platform it says will "unlock faster action, harmonise global standards and make disclosure more efficient".

Financing under spotlight in plastic treaty negotiations

After a 'disappointing' end to negotiations on a global plastics treaty, financing the implementation of a future treaty has been named as a key topic requiring progress before negotiations resume later this year.

Mandatory plastic disclosure takes centre stage in treaty negotiations

Mandatory plastic disclosures for the financial sector could be one step closer as negotiations restart on a global plastics treaty, but the market has lamented the slow progress.

Transparency needed to bring more credibility to sustainable loans market

The sustainability-linked loan market is evolving, as it battles to overcome its credibility issues, the Environmental Finance Sustainable Debt EMEA conference heard.