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CPP Investments: Forward-looking insurance pricing needed for physical climate risk development

Insurers have a potentially important role to play in helping financial institutions assess the potential costs of physical climate risk, a Canadian pension fund has argued.

Compromise sets up EU vote on future of CSRD, CSDDD rules

UBS: Returns from impact funds 'looking good'

From Jennifer Forrest at the GIIN Impact Forum in Berlin

ESMA: 'SFDR product categories can only work if they are robust enough'

The EU's financial markets regulator talks SFDR 2.0, transition funds and where next for its ESG ratings regulation. Michael Hurley reports

Axpo praises 'valuable' SLB amid 'highly ambitious' target miss

Swiss energy trading firm Axpo expects to miss the "highly ambitious" renewable energy targets linked to CHF800 million ($1 billion) of its sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs),...

Sustainable debt round-up: Volkswagen Bank, Czech Republic, Turkiye ... and more

ING on the unique challenges of financing EV charging infrastructure

A hybrid combination of traditional corporate lending and project finance could help facilitate the rollout of much-needed electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, according to Dutch bank ING.

Eurogrid raises €1.1bn from first German 'European Green Bond'

Electricity grid operator Eurogrid has raised €1.1 billion ($1.3 billion) from its first 'European Green Bond' (EuGB) label, becoming the first German issuer to use the 'gold standard' sustainable bond label.

Overhauled SFDR to be presented in November

The revised EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) is set to be presented to a meeting of senior European commissioners on 19 November, according to a tentative agenda by the Commission.

Finnish pension fund shifts €7bn portfolio to sustainability-themed benchmarks

Elo has replaced its conventional listed equity benchmarks with versions customised to promote climate and other sustainability objectives, for a portion of its investments worth about €7 billion ($8.2 billion).