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SBTi tightens corporate climate target requirement from 2022
16 July 2021The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) said that companies looking to validate their climate goals from mid-2022
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BlackRock launches emerging markets impact bond fund
16 July 2021BlackRock has launched a sustainable bond-focused active fund in its flagship emerging markets fixed income range
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TCFD forward-looking proposals detrimental for asset owners, says TPI
16 July 2021The Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) says its asset owner members are concerned at "significant gaps and technical weaknesses" in proposals by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), in a fierce rebuttal of plans to recommend 'forward-looking' climate reporting.
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Hong Kong appoints sustainable finance group to bolster disclosures
15 July 2021Hong Kong's securities regulator and central bank have helped create a group of experts to develop sustainability reporting and a dedicated carbon market in the territory.
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Morgan Stanley: five takeaways for investors from UN biodiversity plan
15 July 2021Morgan Stanley has revealed the implications of the UN's draft biodiversity plan for investors of targets...
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FTSE Russell launches 'green impact bond' index series
15 July 2021FTSE Russell has launched a range of 'green impact bond' indexes to measure the performance of green fixed income markets
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Green and sustainability-linked loan round-up: Royal Adelaide Hospital, Ratch, Investec, Bud APAC ... and more
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To tackle climate risk, we must tackle nature risk as well
15 July 2021A triad of solutions exists to achieve a joint climate-nature transition, writes Philippe Zaouati
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Report calls for Brazilian 'deforestation-linked' sovereign bond
14 July 2021Planet Tracker and the Grantham Research Institute have called on Brazil to issue a deforestation-linked sovereign bond...
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Investors use 'up to 100,000 pieces of data' to show EU taxonomy alignment
14 July 2021The sustainability reporting burden imposed by regulation could be lessened in coming years with the development of a free-to-use European database, an Environmental Finance webinar heard. Michael Hurley reports