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South Pole bags fresh funding from GenZero and Lightrock

NZAOA releases fourth target setting protocol

The UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) has released the fourth edition of the Target-Setting Protocol (TSP V4) which expands private asset classes coverage, requires a new round of targets and introduces the assessment of govvies' holdings.

Japanese GFANZ members 'intend to grow transition financing'

Japanese financial institutions said they will grow their allocation to 'transition financing' and explore ways to ramp up a planned phase-out of coal power generation, in a joint statement by signatories to the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ).

NZBA hits back at 'premature' criticism

It is "premature" to criticise members of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) for not overhauling their practices to tackle climate change because the initiative is still young, it has argued.

NZBA has little impact on decarbonisation, ECB paper says

Signatories to the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) "are neither divesting nor engaging differently from banks without a climate commitment," a group of economists said in a report.

NZBA updates guidelines on climate target setting

Concept of avoided emissions gains ground in Asia-Pacific

Corporates and financial institutions in the Asia-Pacific region are increasingly calculating the 'avoided emissions' associated with their products and services, a webinar hosted by Environmental Finance heard.

Free climate data platform targets more partners as it looks to build coverage

The organisation developing the Net-Zero Data Public Utility (NZDPU) is seeking to use its partnership with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) as a model for working with regulators and other data organisations as it seeks to boost its coverage.

NZDPU mulls how to iron out data difficulties as it looks to support transition planning

The creators of a free climate data portal are working on addressing challenges surrounding reporting of carbon credits and restatements of climate targets, as they aim to turn it into an essential resource for transition planning.

Impact investor consortium plunges $40m into SAF delisting