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Change on the horizon for green bond impact reporting

Proposals for an EU Green Bond Standard (GBS) and the pending launch of a platform designed to make it easier for investors to access data signal change for green bond impact reporting, according to participants of a webinar on the subject.

Green and sustainability-linked loan round-up: Tod's, DBS, Sunlight REIT ... and more

Don't wait for regulation to act on climate, EC director tells insurers

While insurers want policy makers' help to tackle climate change, they have been told not to wait for regulation to act. Meanwhile, climate activists have urged regulators and legislators to step in, as they have no confidence in the industry's ambitions

Why renewable energy has come of age in 2020

What changed to make renewable energy such an investment success story in 2020, UBP's Mathieu Negre asks

Green bond comment, February 2021: Is it time for social bond focused investors to join their green peers?

J Safra Sarasin reworks water fund for wider environmental outlook

J Safra Sarasin's Sustainable Asset Management arm has rebranded its water fund in favour of a 'Green Planet' outlook that tackles a wider range of environmental themes, citing the intent to pursue higher-growth areas.

Bond round-up: EU, Enel, Cades, CaixaBank, Alibaba, Ontario, Whitbread ... and more

IFRS intends to announce 'sustainability standards board' at COP26

The trustees of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation intend to publish in September a road map for the creation of a 'sustainability standards board', with a view to formally announcing the initiative at COP26 in November.

News Round Up: Moody's, Kingswood, Enel, NNIP, Iona

Financial analysts applaud insurers' coal exit

In exiting coal, scientific, moral and financial interests align, argues Peter Bosshard