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Oxygen Conservation aims for £1bn natural capital portfolio

Private equity-backed nature restoration investor Oxygen Conservation plans to grow its natural capital portfolio to £1 billion ($1.4 billion) to create a viable and investable market in the UK.

Manulife: 'We are watching the interesting SLLB instrument closely'

The nascent Sustainability-Linked Loan Bond (SLLB) market is being watched closely by Manulife Investment Management (Manulife IM) as an "interesting" way to accelerate sustainable lending...

Trump bill's clean energy cuts would 'freeze investment' in US industry, Ceres says

'Several vulnerabilities' in financial institutions' sustainability reports, ESMA finds

Analysis of investment fund managers' compliance with EU sustainability rules including the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) found "several vulnerabilities" in reporting, according to supervisors.

Data centres a 'huge' sustainable investment opportunity, says HSBC

Data centres represent a significant sustainability investment opportunity for institutional investors, according to HSBC, despite the sector's energy and water use "raising eyebrows".

'Better explanation of taxonomy differences could drive cross-border investment'

Improved descriptions of why there is difference between different sustainable finance taxonomies could supporting cross-border investment at a time when these 'green lists' are necessarily proliferating, ...

Switzerland delays rules on financial institution transition planning

Joint engagement should avoid box-ticking, Japan's FSA says as it revises Stewardship Code

Easing the reporting burden

EFRAG's plan to simplify the CSRD and lighten its load on companies met with guarded praise from financial institutions. Michael Hurley reports

Treat emerging market sovereigns differently in transition investments - BlackRock

BlackRock uses a different scale for assessing progress in the climate transition of emerging market sovereigns than for developed market peers for its transition debt strategies, it said.