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Sustainability: to regulate or not to regulate?

Financial regulation has a role to play in tackling climate change, but it cannot be a silver bullet. So the time has come for policymakers to step up their game, delegates at the Insurance and Climate Risk conference heard. Vincent Huck reports

Axa's top 100 corporate holdings don't make the cut in a 1.5°C portfolio

Head of climate & environment tells delegates at Insurance and Climate Risk conference

Generation IM plots AI path around ESG data limitations

Digital technologies have opened up many new possibilities for collecting and processing data that should spark a ‘revolution’ and make environmental, social and governance (ESG) data more accurate, Generation Investment Management has claimed.

Science-Based Targets initiative sees uptake double

The Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has seen uptake from corporates double over the past year-and-a-half.

Allianz exec refutes suggestion exiting coal is a 'PR stunt'

Allianz's head of regulatory strategy argues divestment is good risk management

Impax sees rising demand boost assets and profitability "significantly"

Impax Asset Management hiked its full year dividend by a third after a "significant" jump in its assets under management (AUM).

First green bond from mining company issued

A mining company has issued a green bond, as the green bond market continues its push into high-carbon parts of the economy.

Bonds round-up: Islamic Development Bank, Intesa Sanpaolo, Credit Agricole, Duke Energy... and others

Green bond comment December: It's time for a CA100+ for sovereigns

Bond investors need to start collectively engaging with national governments if the Paris targets are to be met, argues Peter Cripps

Denmark’s central bank to conduct climate stress test in 2020

Denmark’s central bank will assess the risks posed by climate change to the country’s banks by the middle of next year, it has been revealed.