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Article 6.4 standards confirmed

The supervisory body of the Paris Agreement's Article 6.4 mechanism has adopted standards outlining how projects can accurately measure their impact.

ESG backlash 'good for the market'

The ESG backlash is likely to benefit the sustainable investing market - and the data on which it relies - in the long run, Environmental Finance's Sustainability Data conference in New York heard.

BNPP quits impact network GIIN following strategic review

BNP Paribas Asset Management has quit the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) after deciding not to review its membership, Environmental Finance has learned.

Why investors must lead on seafood traceability

Seafood remains one of the least transparent sectors in the food industry, and as result one of the most exposed to illegal practices and human rights abuses, writes Max Boucher

Middle Eastern sustainable bond market 'building strong momentum'

Middle Eastern sustainable bond issuance has significantly increased in recent years, in particular since 2023 as the region hosted the high-profile UN COP climate summit.

Masdar secures largest green bond orderbook

Masdar has raised $1 billion from its third green bond in a deal which was more than six times oversubscribed, securing its largest orderbook to date.

UK launches EM investment taskforce

People Moves, 16 May: PRI, Lightrock, New Forests, Acumen ... and more

Don't ascribe 'undue precision' to 'nature positive', conference hears

The market should not focus too heavily on claims of 'nature positive', because it is is "very difficult to quantify exactly what [it] means", a large asset manager told Environmental Finance.

'We are at the early stages of a complete revolution in data'

Sustainability data is being revolutionised, an Environmental Finance conference has heard, with private markets particularly seeing a growing sophistication.