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DLA Piper partners with Datamaran to integrate ESG due diligence

TRAFFIC: Stop Chinese laundering for wildlife traffickers

EU hikes green bond issuance programme to €250bn

Social bond fund growth is coming - but perhaps not imminently

After social bond issuance jumped nine-fold in 2020, attention is increasingly turning to the lack of dedicated social bond funds. They are expected to arrive, but perhaps not immediately. Ahren Lester reports

Phenix developing impact benchmarks

Phenix Capital is developing impact benchmark indexes and is canvassing large asset owners for their input, according to the data provider.

EU expert group expresses 'deep concerns' over taxonomy

The Platform on Sustainable Finance (PSF), the technical body appointed by the EU to advise it on developing its sustainable finance action plan, has expressed "deep concerns" over a leaked draft taxonomy of sustainable activities drawn up by the European Commission.

News round-up: Axa, Macquarie, NY State Retirement Fund, Ambienta

Axa IM launches net-zero carbon credit strategy

Macquarie wins PIC US private debt mandate

Companies failing to meet own emissions targets, says TPI

Companies are not cutting their emissions fast enough to hit their own 2030 or 2050 emissions reductions targets, according to the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI).