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Apex partners with i80 for ESG and loan services

Apex Group, a financial services provider, is partnering with the i80 Group, an investment firm, to provide loan administration and ESG ratings & advisory services, in addition to its existing fund administration services.

FSB releases roadmap to accelerate climate data disclosure

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has released a roadmap for addressing climate-related financial risks, focussing on four main areas...

Carney: institutions to be asked 'are you in or out of GFANZ' pre-COP26

Blackstone to acquire ESG data provider Sphera for $1.4 billion

IFRS Foundation 'on track' for mid-2022 sustainability standards

The IFRS Foundation trustees said they remain on track to appoint members of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) in the next quarter, and publish the first set of globally consistent climate-related standards in the middle of next year.

Bank of Italy to integrate ESG into investments

Italy's central bank has released a Responsible Investment Charter committing it to the promotion of environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles

EU renewed strategy identifies work on transition as priority

The European Commission has today (6 July) published its renewed sustainable finance strategy, which charts a course for incorporating climate transition activities in its taxonomy.

EU GBS regulation among pillars of new sustainable finance strategy

The European Commission has today (6 July) proposed a regulation to create a European Green Bond Standard (EU GBS) it says "goes further than existing market-based standards" and could become the "gold standard" for green bonds.

$6.8trn investors sign up to Net Zero Asset Managers

Forty-one new signatories worth $6.8 trillion have committed to the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative

Comment: The Cold War over non-financial disclosures

The fragmented landscape of non-financial disclosures is consolidating, and it is geopolitical considerations that are driving the emergence of winners, and the downfall of the rest. Vincent Huck surveys the battlefield and predicts who will emerge victorious.