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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.

Green revenues to smash $5trn by 2025, FTSE Russell estimates

USS unveils own climate scenarios to address inadequacies in widely used models

UK pension fund USS has published four climate scenarios that it says "better reflect the real-world risks and opportunities that frame our investment decision-making over the short- and medium-term", as it criticised widely-used models as "inadequate".

Banks: 'Real climate liability' risk from transition plan failings

Banks face "very real" climate liability risk if their transition plans are fall short in capturing the full extent of their emissions, according to a report by lawyers.

MSCI, Bloomberg among big-name signatories to Japan ESG data code of conduct

Major data providers MSCI and Bloomberg are among 17 signatories to a Japanese code of conduct for ESG data, the country's regulator has revealed.

FTSE Russell to launch sustainability-linked bond index

FTSE Russell will launch a sustainability-linked bond (SLB) index series next week, which is believed to be only the second index covering the performance-based instrument to date.

The great ESG data free-for-all

The business model of commercial data providers faces disruption in coming years amid the launch of free data platforms, writes Michael Hurley

NBIM warns London listing change would curb investor influence

The manager of the world's largest sovereign wealth fund has added its voice to warnings that the UK's plans to reform its listing rules could "decrease" the influence of investor engagement with companies.

TPI management scores 'reliable sign of decarbonisation', says FTSE Russell

The growing importance of social issues for commercial real estate

More investors and developers are considering how real estate can be used to achieve positive social change, Cara Imbrailo writes