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Private market funds establish group to boost impact fundraising

CSRD materiality opt-out risks undermining EU's sustainable finance package, warns CDP

Proposals for corporate disclosure rules that could allow companies to opt-out of providing sustainability-related information risk undermining the objectives of the EU's broader sustainable finance package, according to an executive at CDP.

'It will help us have more honest conversations'

Investors welcome the IFRS sustainability standards and say, by boosting comparability, they will aid engagement. Michael Hurley reports

'New era' for sustainability reporting as IFRS unveils standards

Standards that can provide a "common language" for sustainability-related disclosures have been published, "ushering in a new era" for companies and investors globally, according to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation.

Why the CSDDD marks a paradigm shift in regulation

By requiring the measurement of on-the-ground risks and adverse impacts, the EU regulation will shift focus from pledges to action, argues Alexandra Mihailescu Cichon

Unclear regulation hindering climate finance in Japan, says PRI

Lack of clarity over whether investors are able to invest for sustainable impact in Japan is "hindering climate finance", the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has said.

PRI rallies investors to pressure Commission to rethink ESRS

Collaborative sovereign climate engagement is 'opportunity to be grasped'

After initial success with its Australian pilot, the PRI's Tom Arup tells Ahren Lester its collaborative sovereign engagement initiative is ready to scale up

Eastspring takes "non-confrontational" approach to climate engagement

Eastspring Investments is taking a "non-confrontational" approach to climate engagement in Asia, where governance remains the pressing sustainability-related concern, it told Environmental Finance.

Ground-breaking PRI sovereign investor engagement initiative expands

More investors have been asked to join a ground-breaking collaborative fixed income investor engagement initiative for sovereign issuers coordinated by the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).