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Banks using PRB framework to aid CSRD reporting in absence of finance sector guidance

Some banks are using a framework designed for the Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) initiative to help meet reporting requirements under the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), a UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) webinar heard.

Set national transition plans - but not transition finance definition, industry groups say

A detailed definition of 'transition finance' would be unhelpful and policymakers should instead focus on providing more policy support and public finance for emissions intensive industries to decarbonise, investor groups told a UK government-mandated taskforce.

CSDDD will push companies 'beyond pledges' to act on environmental, social risks

Wave of change: The state of play on blue bonds

They are currently a niche within the sustainable bond market, but could blue bonds play a key role in turning the tide on water-themed investments, asks Genevieve Redgrave

'Historic day' as EU CSDDD approved

Rules to require large companies active in the EU to report on the sustainability of their supply chains and make best efforts to implement a climate transition plan have been approved, in what was labelled an "historic day".

AUD80trn investors back 'essential' Australian climate reporting bill

160 financial institutions call for international plastic treaty

Banks, investors and insurers representing $15.5 trillion in combined assets have signed a Financial Statement on Plastic Pollution, calling for a new international treaty to tackle the issue.

IFC and T.Rowe Price pledge $150m to blue bond strategy

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and T.Rowe Price have revealed they will each invest $75 million in their blue bond strategy.

Kartesia funds SLL for Waterland-backed waste business

PRI launches biodiversity guidance for investors