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UKSIF presents alternative to 'watered-down' UK Stewardship Code

Investors have been asked to support linking investment stewardship to the creation of 'long-term sustainable value' in the UK Stewardship Code, in an alternative definition to 'watered-down' proposals by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC).

ING: SLB market 'reinvigoration' awaits after initial 'exuberance' evaporates

The contrasting experience of the sustainability-linked loan and bond issuance continued in 2024, but ING said more quality data and "realistic" target approaches should see loan market continue to grow and bonds to finally begin to reverse declines.

US bank regulator quits NGFS

Sustainable debt round-up: KfW, CADES, Singtel ... and more

Biodiversity Net Gain brokerage launched

ING: CSRD struggles feeding 'exceptionally high' sleeping SLL activity

ING saw an "exceptionally high" number of 'sleeping' sustainability-linked loans (SLLs) in 2024, as corporates struggled to deal with the forthcoming EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) requirements.

'Big four' SPO providers becomes 'big five' in 2024

Japan-focused Rating and Investment Information (R&I) secured more than a 10% share of the sustainable finance second-party opinion market in 2024, joining the global 'big four' US providers led by Sustainalytics and S&P Global.

Omnibus regs: EFRAG chair backs CSRD mid-caps category, says cuts possible to narrative reporting

The chair of the EU's standard setting body has said it "is sympathetic to" creating a new category of 'intermediate'-sized companies if it helped achieve the EU's simplification agenda without undermining its goal of improving sustainability reporting.

The £77bn question: can UK policy momentum reshape impact investing in 2025

With challenges to sustainable finance in the US, London has a unique opportunity to establish itself as the global leader in impact investing, writes Sarah Teacher

Sustainable debt round-up: UK, Japan, Hapag-Lloyd ... and more