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  • 'Misperception of risk' preventing impact's boom

    15 October 2024

    A 'misperception of risk' between impact investors and capital allocators is limiting the growth of the impact investment asset class, the European Investment Bank has claimed.

  • Transparency needed to avoid nature greenwashing, says Sustainable Fitch

    10 October 2024

    More transparency is needed on how companies are assessing the materiality of nature risks and substantiating claims, Sustainable Fitch has said, as more firms include nature metrics in their reporting.

  • Global sustainable investment framework needed in next year, says AFD

    10 October 2024

    A global sustainable investment framework is needed within the next year, the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) has said, despite pushback that it is not feasible.

  • ECB could switch from sovereign to supranational bonds amid climate concerns, says Elderson

    07 October 2024

    A lack of a "clear and reliable framework" for comparing sovereign bonds with Paris goals should prompt the European Central Bank (ECB) to consider buying bonds from EU supranational issuers, says one board member.

  • Call for 'green interest rate' to accelerate European transition

    02 October 2024

    The European Central Bank (ECB) should introduce a 'green interest rate' to help advance Europe's green transition, a paper has argued.

  • Patrizia MBK backs Philippines rooftop business with $100m

    30 September 2024
  • Lack of deforestation data 'not a good excuse' for non-disclosure, says WBCSD

    24 September 2024

    A lack of data is "not a good excuse anymore" for not disclosing on deforestation, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) has said, as it releases new guidance for financial institutions.

  • Making sustainable infrastructure a unique asset class is key to the net zero transition

    Here's how it's happening

  • Amazon backs using SASB as basis for EU standards

    11 September 2024

    Retail giant Amazon and asset manager Capital Group have lent their support to calls for the EU to base its sector-specific sustainability reporting standards on those used in the IFRS S2 standards.

  • Natural gas is flashpoint in Australian taxonomy consultation

    09 September 2024

    Disagreements over whether gas should be included in Australia's taxonomy of sustainable finance activities have been exposed by responses to a consultation.