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'Unjustifiably expensive' fees discouraging allocations to water, says Morningstar

Expensive fees are likely preventing investors from allocating more capital to water-focused funds, Morningstar has claimed.

Adaptation investments need to prepare for more than 1.5°C of warming, warns Aberdeen

Investors need to be "realistic" that the ambition of the Paris Agreement to restrict warming to 1.5°C is probably going to be missed, Aberdeen told an Environmental Finance conference.

Nature not a priority for AGM season, says Morningstar Sustainalytics

Nature is unlikely to be a priority this AGM season, Morningstar Sustainalytics tells Genevieve Redgrave, but ocean-related issues could rise up the agenda.

Sustainable Debt EMEA returns to London next week

Environmental Finance's 13th annual Sustainable Debt EMEA conference returns to London on 3 April.

The impact of SDR goes deeper than its four sustainability labels

The FCA's Sustainability Disclosure Requirements regime is helping purge the fund market, writes Jennifer Forrest

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Which of the UK's SDR labels is proving most popular?

There are four labels under the UK's Sustainability Disclosures Requirements - but which are investors flocking to and which are they shunning? Jennifer Forrest investigates

Sustainalytics brings in four-tier SPOs, in significant overhaul of framework

Morningstar Sustainalytics has overhauled its framework for issuing second-party opinions (SPOs) on green bonds and other use of proceeds bonds, Environmental Finance has learned.

COP16 negotiations end in 'landmark' deal for financing

The reconvened talks ended with a transformative deal on financial mobilisation, with the private sector urged to increase its contributions to a global fund, writes Genevieve Redgrave

EU Omnibus: Investors left to ask what corporate reporting cuts mean for SFDR

Investors face a waiting game to know whether cuts to corporate reporting will leave them short of the information they need under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), with the result of a review of the latter not expected until the end of this year.