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NZAOA members 'split' on sovereign debt climate target-setting

The thorny issue of how to set decarbonisation targets for sovereign debt has split the signatories of the Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA), leading to a "compromise" of a proposed scoring system.

With a watered-down NZIA, where do insurers' climate commitments stand?

After six of the eight founding members left the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance, Joshua Geer investigates if their ambitions stand

Axa chief: NZIA disintegration marks 'a sad chapter'

Axa's chief executive Thomas Buberl has described the exodus of insurers - including Axa - from the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA) "as a sad chapter".

Google chosen to develop free ESG data platform

A consortium including a subsidiary of tech giant Google has been selected to build a free-to-use platform for climate data.

Cinven secures 'first' green European leveraged buy-out bond

NZIA ditches all emissions targets for insurers

The Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA) has scrapped all requirements for member firms to set and publish emissions reduction targets following a mass exodus of members in recent months.

Church of England Pensions Board leaves NZAOA

The Church of England Pensions Board has left the UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA), citing the need to maintain "a clear focus on one net zero initiative".

Free climate data repository to link with MAS, SGX disclosure portal

A free-to-use climate data platform launched by Emmanuel Macron and Michael Bloomberg is to link with a disclosure portal developed by the Monetary of Singapore and Singapore Exchange, it has been announced.

'It will help us have more honest conversations'

Investors welcome the IFRS sustainability standards and say, by boosting comparability, they will aid engagement. Michael Hurley reports

Temasek's GenZero invests in land restoration carbon credit project

Temasek-owned GenZero has agreed with AJA Climate Solutions to invest in a Ghanaian land restoration project.