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Australia debut green bond expected from mid-May

Australia will issue its debut 10-year sovereign green bond between mid-May and the end of June, it emerged, as the sovereign announced it will launch investor roadshows from April.

UBS: Nature-based solutions suffer a lack of confidence

Nature-based solutions suffer a lack of confidence that they can deliver "real climate mitigation", warned UBS, which called for a "critical reassessment" of the science, rules and norms that govern them.

2024 will be key to defining quality shareholder engagement, says UBS

The coming year will see greater emphasis on outcomes of shareholder engagement on ESG issues, according to UBS Asset Management.

Nature investments 'sit uncomfortably' with investor needs, says UBS

Nature investments currently struggle to offer investors the stable returns they need to invest, UBS has warned, calling for more transition finance opportunities and better data to help scale up capital flows.

ESG 'outperformed' traditional portfolios over last decade, says UBS

Integrating ESG considerations into investment portfolios would have led to higher financial returns and "enhanced" stock selection, UBS has said, in analysis of financial performance in the last decade.

People Moves, 3 November: Fidelity, Blue Earth Capital, FoSDA, Low Carbon and more

SME GHG emissions reporting 'disjointed', says Bankers for Net-Zero

190 investors sign up to collaborative engagement on nature

190 institutional investors have signed up to collaborate to pressure 100 companies to address their negative impacts on nature, on the launch of Nature Action 100 (NA100) at Environmental Finance's Natural Capital Americas conference.

Carbon pricing 'ripple effect' gaining momentum, UBS says

Carbon pricing policies such as the EU's emissions trading scheme (ETS) and carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) are "creating a ripple effect that increases the adoption of similar policies elsewhere," UBS analysts argue.

Australian carbon border tax's inflationary impact may hit renewables - UBS

A proposed carbon border tax to ensure importers to Australia face the same costs on carbon emissions as domestic companies could drive inflation in the cement industry - costs which could be passed on to infrastructure and renewables sectors, UBS has projected.