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Two more investors adopt SDR labelling ahead of FCA deadline

A pair of investors have adopted labelling under the Financial Conduct Authority's Sustainable Disclosure Requirements (SDR), ahead of yesterday's deadline.

EIOPA's wake-up call for insurers on fossil fuels

A historic decision from EU financial supervisor on higher financial risk of fossil fuel sector must be integrated in EU prudential rules write Chiara Pass and Marika Carlucci

ECB's monetary policy to integrate nature

EU supervisors estimate trillions in losses from 'run on brown' assets

European financial institutions stood to lose trillions of euros from a 'run on brown' assets, financial supervisors estimated in a first-of-its-kind stress test - but the financial impacts of climate-related "transition risks alone are unlikely to threaten financial stability".

EdenTree adopts 'Sustainability Impact' label for two funds

Trump victory 'will cast a shadow over' COP29

Donald Trump's victory in this week's US federal election, and his earlier pledge to remove the country from the Paris Agreement for a second time, "will cast a shadow over" the COP29 UN climate negotiations beginning next week.

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.

EdenTree launches sustainable government bond fund

Specialist sustainable asset manager EdenTree Investment Management (IM) has launched a government debt fund focused on labelled sustainable bonds, such as green bonds.

Azerbaijan, IFC sustainable taxonomy 'roadmap' to launch at COP29

The Central Bank of Azerbaijan and International Finance Corporation (IFC) are set to publish a sustainable finance taxonomy "roadmap" to encourage interoperability between the rapidly growing number of national 'green lists' in development.

Webinar: Uptake of spatial data being driven by nature, climate reporting requirements, says Verisk

TNFD reporting has boosted investor demand for geospatial data, an Environmental Finance webinar heard