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  • T. Rowe Price joins Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative

    04 May 2022

  • 50% of European bonds could be sustainable by 2026

    03 May 2022

    Half of all bonds issued in Europe could be labelled green, social or sustainability (GSS) bonds by 2026, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

  • UK plans green bond tap in May

    29 April 2022

    A senior UK debt management official has confirmed that the country plans to tap its first green bond in May after announcing a further £10 billion ($12.5 billion) green bond issuance programme for the next year.

  • NY pension funds to vote against Amazon directors

    25 April 2022

  • EU GBS 'may be a step backward' for green bond impact reporting

    22 April 2022

    The EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS) has been criticised as "definitely not a step forward, and maybe a step backward" with regards to the social and environmental impact reports expected of issuers.

  • Address climate adaptation finance, says IPCC co-author

    12 April 2022

    Financial institutions must urgently move away from funding fossil fuels and channel more capital to financing climate adaptation measures, according to a co-author of the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

  • Mandatory climate disclosure for Canadian banks, insurers from 2024

    11 April 2022

    Canada has confirmed plans to phase-in mandatory Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) reporting for banks and insurers from 2024.

  • €1.5trn Dutch investor group sets 2024 oil firm transition expectations

    01 April 2022

    A group of seven Dutch asset managers with a combined €1.5 trillion ($1.7 trillion) in assets has published three core climate transition expectations for oil and gas firms to accelerate...

  • Iceberg Data Lab completes 'sectoral mapping' for natural capital impact

    11 March 2022

    Iceberg Data Lab has finished work to map different sectors of the economy according to the pressures they place on natural capital.

  • US banks tell Basel they 'strongly oppose' climate stress test

    21 February 2022

    A group of financial institutions chaired by Goldman Sachs has spoken out against any climate stress testing that could lead to regulatory changes in a letter to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.