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People Moves 21 October: including American Securities, BNY Mellon, PAI Partners & more

Dealing with inconsistent ESG data

A consistent ESG investment approach is 'largely impossible' across asset classes with current data, The Future of ESG Data 2022 conference heard. Ahren Lester reports

People moves 16 September: State Street, UBS, US SIF ... and more

Carney leads sustainable finance tributes to Queen Elizabeth II

The sustainable finance community has paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, after her death at the age of 96 ushered in the rein of outspoken environmentalist King Charles III.

NGFS targets wider use of scenarios after release of third iteration

Climate scenarios for central banks and supervisors have been updated to include national 'net zero' commitments at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, ahead of a move to broaden the potential application of the scenarios to private financial institutions.

Biodiversity COP and finance

Ahead of the COP15 biodiversity conference in December, Thomas Cox asks financial experts their hopes for the event

Banks flag 'black-swan events' as top climate risk

Despres joins European Climate Foundation

Pension funds have 'unique' relationship with deforestation

A guide on how pension funds can tackle deforestation, inspired by their association with asset managers, has been launched by Global Canopy, Make My Money Matter and SYSTEMIQ.

Swedish central bank corporate bond purchases to require TCFD disclosures

The Swedish central bank will only buy corporate bonds for its asset purchase programme from issuers which have disclosed greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions...