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Paris-aligned benchmarks boom but are they helping the transition? Part one

Asset owners are placing money in Paris-aligned benchmarks at a quickening rate but questioned whether they facilitate the transition. Michael Hurley reports

Sustainable bond impact reports 'still lack comparability'

Bond issuers 'should do more' to align with impact reporting frameworks, an Environmental Finance webinar heard. Ahren Lester reports

ESG and value investing are not mutually exclusive

Value investing takes investors closer to corners of the market where ESG controversies are rife and in sectors that do not always cover themselves in ESG glory, writes Sebastien Mallet

PwC spots 'contradictions' between climate and nature plans

Some climate transition plans of financial institutions have adverse effects on nature, a director at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has said.

Green Century proposals on semiconductor firm transition plans succeed

US banks facing NYC pension fund pressure on climate targets

Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase and Goldman Sachs are preparing to face a shareholder vote on a resolution asking them to set absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions targets, as a major investor criticised them for "lagging peers" in this area.

Impact verifiers BlueMark raise $10 million

LGIM pushes ExxonMobil to disclose energy transition impact information

S&P-Shades of Green second party opinion slated for June release

SocGen biodiversity-screened indexes expand with Japanese focus

Solactive has focused on Japan in an expansion of its Société Générale-licensed biodiversity-screened index series with three new indexes, informed by Iceberg Data Lab.