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  • Investment Association says UK taxonomy no longer needed

    07 February 2025

    The Investment Association (IA) has told the UK to scrap its plans for a 'green taxonomy', telling the Government such a framework is unnecessary due to Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) and work on transition planning.

  • UK government mulling how ISSB reporting will square with its growth objectives

    30 January 2025

    The UK government is preparing to consult on which aspects of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards it should adopt and is weighing how to ensure new reporting requirements do not impinge on its 'growth' agenda.

  • Pension fund calls on Brunel to divest Shell holdings

    05 August 2024
  • Asset manager neglect of climate adaptation leads Brunel to take engagement 'into own hands'

    22 July 2024

    UK pension pool Brunel has begun an engagement programme with 20 companies in the consumer staples sector asking them to prioritise investment in climate adaptation measures, as it said asset managers were failing to do so.

  • Enel 'rewarded' by investors after landmark SLB target miss, says AFII

    21 June 2024

    The return of Enel to the sustainability-linked bond market following its historic target miss is a "strong vote of confidence" in the instrument...

  • Listing rules change will raise cost of capital for UK business, asset owners warn

    21 June 2024
  • EU GBS 'not overly costly' for leading utility green bond issuers, says IEEFA

    20 June 2024

    Major European utility sector issuers of green bonds should not find it "overly costly" to switch to issuing EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS)-compliant bonds to use the landmark legislation to demonstrate their "better management of transition risk", according to a think tank.

  • Enel SLB target miss 'unlikely' to trigger forced selling, says Barclays

    25 April 2024

    Sustainable investors are unlikely to be forced to sell Enel sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) after the Italian energy infrastructure firm missed a coupon-impacting target - due to the positive context in which it occurred, according to Barclays.

  • Enel SLB target miss 'very significant event' for market

    24 April 2024

    The missed target tied to more than $10 billion worth of sustainability-linked bonds from Italian energy firm Enel has been described as showing the "value" of the performance-based instrument,...

  • People Moves, 5 April: Brunel Pensions, Railpen, Actis, EFRAG, TNFD and more

    05 April 2024