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'High degree of commonality' between CDP reporting and ESRS standards

UK's FRC downgrades 'environment and society' in updated definition of stewardship

The UK Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has downgraded the words 'environment and society' in a redefinition of stewardship under proposed updates to the country's Stewardship Code.

'Vital' LMA green loan drafting guidance to support market credibility

The Loan Market Association (LMA) has published drafting guidance for green loan transactions to encourage greater consistency and support a "more active and robust" market in the future.

Latest Environmental Finance COP Insight published

Environmental Finance has published a COP-focused special report in the build up to COP29 taking place in Baku next week.

Helping to build confidence in developing markets

S&P Global Ratings' global head of sustainable finance Bernard de Longevialle and sustainable finance director Beth Burks consider the upcoming COP29 and its work in helping to mobilise private capital to developing economies

A question of transition

Swami Venkataraman, global head of sustainable finance assessments at Moody's Ratings, explains how independent assessments can help companies communicate their transition plans effectively

People Moves, 8 November: Global Green Growth Institute, Climate Change Committee, Power Sustainable ... and more

'Boiling down' natural capital definition will help drive pension flows, says Redington

Simplifying the nuances of natural capital into broad, understandable themes will help pension funds to begin understanding and allocating towards the theme, a consultancy has claimed.

NGFS says updated scenarios signal two-to-four-times higher physical impacts

The Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) group of central banks and supervisors has called for more ambitious policies to tackle the 'first order' risk of climate change, as its updated scenarios showed two-to-four-times bigger physical impacts than its previous iterations.

Transition plan guidance published for EU disclosure rules

Draft guidance has been published to help organisations preparing to report in line with EU disclosure regulations create climate mitigation transition plans.