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Sovereigns must be 'frontrunners' with sustainability-linked green bonds

Sovereigns should "take the lead" on issuing "materially upgraded" sustainable bonds combining sustainability-linked bond (SLB) and green bond structures, ...

Glass Lewis seeks to block anti-ESG state law

Countries projected to overshoot Paris targets by as much as 2.3°C

States have range of climate finance policy options to meet ICJ obligation, lawyer says

MSCI's Mattison: 'We need a new framework for understanding risk'

MSCI will put geospatial information and AI at the heart of its new ESG data strategy, Richard Mattison tells Peter Cripps

Moody's: Private Equity interest in Net Zero Assessment for exits growing

Private equity (PE) firms are increasingly approaching Moody's Ratings about securing Net Zero Assessments (NZAs) for investment exits as the focus on transition credibility among buyers strengthens.

L&G removes Cosco from divestment list based on climate progress

L&G Asset Management has removed Chinese state-owned shipping giant Cosco from its climate-based divestment list after it said the company made "several" key improvements to its strategy, including an 'ambition' for its shipping operation to be net zero by 2050.

'We are still speaking different languages on core sustainability data'

Sustainable investors are still struggling to find "accurate and reliable" sustainability data even for some information that can appear fairly straightforward, according to an Asian sustainable bond investor.

'Transition is not a thematic of green - it is its own label'

A growing consensus on defining the transition is driving the Transition Loan Principles closer to launch, Gemma Lawrence-Pardew tells Ahren Lester

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