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EU's von der Leyen calls for a price on nature

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has called for a scaling up of nature credit markets, arguing for a system that rewards nature.

Increasing offshore wind auction ambition

Despite the latest auction, a lot more must done to meet the UK's offshore wind target of 50GW by 2030, writes Shane O'Connor

ISS ESG expands fund ratings to biodiversity

Simplify 'major source of regulatory burden' of sustainability reporting, urges Draghi report

The EU should simplify its sustainability reporting and due diligence framework as part of efforts to rescue the bloc from economic underperformance and promote its competitiveness internationally, according to a report by Mario Draghi.

China appoints 63-member sustainability disclosure expert group

Build EU sector-specific standards on ISSB baseline, Faber says

Delays to the introduction of EU sustainability reporting standards gives the bloc an opportunity to base its requirements on the IFRS S1 and S2 standards, the European Commission has heard.

Risk of fragmentation of ESG ratings regulation remains despite IOSCO work, CDP warns

Differences in how countries have devised rules or voluntary codes of conduct for ESG ratings and data shows that there remains a risk of divergence between jurisdictions that raises costs for providers and users, CDP has warned.

Incofin begins investing African nutrition debt vehicle

BaFin backs replacing SFDR Articles 8 and 9, defining transition investments

Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has backed the creation of three product designations to address investor misuse of the existing Articles 8 and 9 as labels in the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR).

Commission faces legal challenge over taxonomy criteria for aviation, shipping

The European Commission faces a legal challenge of its inclusion of aviation and shipping criteria in its sustainability taxonomy, after NGOs accused it of greenwashing.