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Schroders developing 'bespoke' nature products

Schroders has told Environmental Finance that it is looking to expand its nature proprietary assessment model, NatCapEx, using it to build bespoke products and strategies.

UBS withdraws from NZBA

Swiss bank UBS has withdrawn from the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) following an annual assessment of its sustainability- and climate-related memberships.

Standard Chartered partners with Brazilian state for carbon credit programme

Standard Chartered has partnered with the Brazilian state of Acre to sell credits over the next five years from jurisdictional forestry projects, its first partnership below the government level.

New Zealand regulator flags inadequate identification of climate risks in reporting

EBA tells supervisors not to enforce ESG rules amid Omnibus uncertainty

Sustainable managers can benefit from slimmer portfolios, says Ambienta

Overallocation to conventional strategies by institutional investors could benefit some higher-conviction sustainable strategies as they reduce the number of holdings, according to investor Ambienta.

European investors transitioning from US timber, says France Valley

As France Valley opens up its European timber fund to institutional investors, it has told Environmental Finance that geopolitical shifts and converging returns are making some investors look away from the US timber market.

Sustainable debt round-up: NEXCO East, Severn Trent, Coca-Cola HBC ... and more

Green loan for UK BESS projects makes us 'sharper', says Pulse Clean Energy

A £220 million ($293 million) green-labelled loan aimed at significantly accelerating battery energy storage services (BESS) company Pulse Clean Energy's UK operations will help it access more sustainable financing to expand in the future.

FCA to streamline climate reporting after calls for 'less granular' rules

UK asset managers, insurers and pension providers are to get "simplif[ied]" climate reporting rules after a review of disclosures by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) heard complaints that existing measures were "too granular".