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ACPR: Banks need to incorporate climate into risk management framework

The French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority (ACPR) has published a guide to good practices in governance and climate risk management for the banking industry.

Banks' fossil fuel commitments accelerate as pressure intensifies

Deutsche Bank sets 'ambitious' sustainability targets

Deutsche Bank outlined targets which will see the German lender boost sustainability assets to over €200 billion ($217 billion) by 2025 and issue its first green bond.

Powering up the energy storage market

Interest in the energy storage market is starting to take off, Ahren Lester explains, despite caution over changing business models continuing to hold back widespread investment.

Malaysian banks fund coal power projects at expense of renewables

Malaysian banks continue to provide significant funding to coal power projects amid a rising number of international peers stepping back from such financing, according to a report by an Australian environmental pressure group.

CDP, CDSB urge companies to 'get ahead of the curve' of EU climate reporting

Companies in the EU have been urged to improve their reporting of environmental information ahead of changes to legislation that are set to ask for more detailed disclosures.

HSBC named largest green, social and sustainability bond manager

HSBC became the largest green, social and sustainability (GSS) bond market underwriter in 2019, in a year marked by rapidly accelerating diversification of the market.

Bonds round-up: Chile, LBBW, Orix, Egypt

Shipping - the trillion-dollar challenge

The growing support for the Poseidon Principles underlines the crucial role for finance in helping the shipping industry chart a course towards a greener future, says Ahren Lester

Asian sustainability bond index launched

Consultancy firm Carbon Care Asia and German index provider Solactive have launched an index to track the performance of sustainable bonds in Asia.