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UN Global Compact launches 'SDG Ambition' initiative

Framework for SDG disclosures unveiled by accounting bodies

Broad recommendations for disclosures based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been billed as "a new approach to address sustainable development issues".

NN IP plans first sustainable infrastructure debt fund

Dutch investment manager NN Investment Partners (NN IP) is planning to launch its first sustainable infrastructure debt fund, Environmental Finance has learned.

World Bank issues sustainability-linked notes for UBS clients

The World Bank has partnered with UBS to offer a bond linked to a sustainability index to help raise funds for its sustainable development work.

The role of ESG in fiduciary duty needs clarity

Investors should endorse the European Commission's mission to clarify how environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors form a central part of their fiduciary duty, Nathan Fabian says

EDP emissions reduction plan approved by Science-Based Targets

Portuguese utility EDP's emissions reduction plan has been confirmed as in-line with the Paris Agreement goal of keeping global warming well below 2°C, by NGO Science-Based Targets (SBT).

EF BRIEFS: FSB, Axis Bank, EIB, Stockholm, Canadian Solar, GRI, BP

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has appointed nine more members to its new Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures.

Investors who don't consider ESG are failing in their fiduciary duty, says report

Investors that do not consider environmental issues in their long-term investment approach are failing in their fiduciary duty, according to a report published by the UN today.

People moves

Recent appointments in the environmental finance space, including Alexandra Ergon at Calvert, Nikolas Novograd at RET Capital and Mamadou-Abou Sarr at PRI

Gifford to step down as head of the PRI

James Gifford, founding head of the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment, is to step down at the end of November.