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Circular economy funds grow and outperform in 2020

EU examines issues in sustainability market in extensive study

The Publications Office of the EU has released in-depth research on sustainability-related ratings, data and research, examining the flaws and biases inherent within data collection.

People Moves 8 January: HSBC, EcoSecurities, Standard Chartered, Posaidon, GAM, CBRE Global Investors, ODDO BHF, Hannon Armstrong, Sustainalytics

Impact: Six areas to watch in 2021

A legal framework for impact, harmonisation of reporting frameworks and the rise of impact indexes could shape 2021, writes Michael Hurley

People Moves, 31 December: Hiro Mizuno, PRI, Temasek, SASB

Q&A with Sweden's central bank on sustainability and QE

Albina Soultanaeva, deputy head of markets department at Riksbank, answers some questions on its plans to incorporate sustainability considerations into its corporate bond buying programme

Sustainalytics unveils impact measurement

Sustainalytics has launched a product it says enables investors to better measure the positive and negative environmental and social impact of their portfolios.

Sustainability-linked bonds require companies to back up sustainability claims, says Sustainalytics

Ahead of Environmental Finance's ESG in Fixed Income Europe 2020 virtual conference next week, speakers reflect on a key topic that will be addressed at the event: the potential for sustainability-linked bonds.

Industrial Bank issues second 'blue bond' in China

The Hong Kong branch of China Industrial Bank (IB) has issued a 'blue bond', which was nearly five times oversubscribed, just a few weeks after the maiden blue bond in the country was announced.

News round-up: Verra farming credits, 'social' in spotlight, EU fossil fuel subsidies ... and more