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Impact: areas to watch in 2022
24 December 2021Big-name players demonstrate the growing appeal of impact strategies - but calls for more credible evidence of impact continue to grow, Michael Hurley writes
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Tokio Marine plans ¥100bn of divestments
30 November 2021Japanese insurer Tokio Marine will divest at least ¥100 billion ($884 million) of equities, including in fossil fuel firms, by its 2023 reporting year as part of its commitment to sustainability.
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Carbon credits will be 'junk' without corresponding adjustments
18 November 2021Buyers in the carbon market will start discerning credit quality based on whether they follow the new "corresponding adjustments" rule agreed under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement at the COP26 Climate summit, S&P Global has predicted
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Strong Q3 sustainable bond issuance despite EU social bond slowdown
29 October 2021Despite headline totals dragged lower by a slowdown in the EU social bond programme, third-quarter sustainable bond issuance continued to outperform the year prior, Environmental Finance data show. Ahren Lester reports
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Global climate litigation cases sky-rocket, says S&P
12 October 2021The number of climate change-related court cases filed globally has nearly doubled between 2017 and 2020
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Platts calculates carbon intensity of oil barrels
27 September 2021Carbon intensity figures for oil produced by 14 major crude fields around the world will be released monthly by energy information provider S&P Global Platts.
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S&P: Water scarcity will be 'greatest climate threat' to assets by 2050
23 September 2021Water stress will be the greatest climate-related hazard to corporate physical assets by 2050
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Issuing sustainability-linked bonds 'won't allow Philip Morris to bypass exclusions'
08 September 2021Issuing sustainability-linked bonds will not provide tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI) an alternative route into bond portfolios...
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Sustainable bond issuance could exceed $1trn in 2021, says S&P
24 August 2021Sustainable bond issuance could exceed $1 trillion in 2021 alone, according to S&P Global Ratings, potentially almost doubling the total recorded in 2020
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Platts expands suite of carbon credit assessments
10 August 2021S&P Global Platts has published seven new voluntary carbon credit assessments across four various project types, including removal, avoidance, renewable and methane collection credits