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Impact fund provides grants to support IIRC, SASB merger

The Tipping Point Fund on Impact Investing has provided grants worth $500,000 to the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) - to help "unify the impact investing market behind a global standard", it said.

How to be practical about carbon pricing

Carbon pricing has a critical role to play in combating climate change but scaling it up will take time, says Prajwal Baral

News round-up: Moody's and Green Finance Institute

UN adopts 'landmark' natural capital accounting framework

The UN has adopted a "landmark framework" to integrate natural capital in economic reporting, which it says could be used to underpin decision-making at the major international climate and biodiversity conferences later this year.

HSBC bows to investor pressure and announces coal phase-out plan

Shareholders have hailed a victory for engagement after HSBC pledged to phase out coal financing by 2040 to stave off an investors' revolt.

Moody's launches Climate Solutions

UK's Green Finance Institute proposes Building Renovation Passports

Australian EV investor launches AUD100m fundraise

Impact investor TrueGreen plans to raise AUD100 million ($78 million) for its electric vehicle investment division, before publicly listing the division in the next financial year.

Green and sustainability-linked loan round-up: Enel, G8 Education, Lloyds Bank, Kerian Energy ... and more

News Round Up: SFDR, Solactive, Aegon, Eurazeo, and more