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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.

UBS AM downgraded in Morningstar's ESG ranking

UK pensions strategy to target emerging markets 'just transition' investments

UBS launches green bond ETF using new Bloomberg MSCI index

Google chosen to develop free ESG data platform

A consortium including a subsidiary of tech giant Google has been selected to build a free-to-use platform for climate data.

NAB, UBS hired as Australian sovereign green bond structurers

'Does more engagement really lead to better outcomes?', asks UBS

Investors should place greater emphasis on linking outcomes from their company engagement with the financial performance of their investments, UBS said, as it warned that "more activity does not necessarily lead to greater effectiveness in achieving objectives".

Private market funds establish group to boost impact fundraising