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Follow This' Big Oil resolutions 'too prescriptive', says LGIM head

Shareholder resolutions that asked Big Oil to strengthen their climate plans were "too prescriptive", according to a senior figure at one of Europe's largest asset managers.

Solactive launches 'first' blue bond index

UK nature fund almost ready for private investors

A UK-focused nature-based solutions fund co-designed and co-managed by Finance Earth and Federated Hermes is preparing to open for private investors, Environmental Finance learned.

Bond round-up: Mexico, African Development Bank, Chile ... and more

Actuaries add biodiversity to their worry-list

The ISSB - a new global standard?

The ISSB standards create a common language and globally consistent baseline for disclosing climate-related risks and opportunities, writes William Yonge

Google chosen to develop free ESG data platform

A consortium including a subsidiary of tech giant Google has been selected to build a free-to-use platform for climate data.

Central banks: we need better transition data to inform monetary policy

Central banks have called for a framework to help them determine which aspects of the climate transition are relevant to monetary policy, and better data to inform their decisions.

Don't rely on COP to build sustainable agriculture market, says Allianz GI

The COP28 presidency today launched a food system and agriculture work programme - but one investor said the private sector, rather than policymakers, would be the real drivers of change.

RBC BlueBay: Investors need green bond 'policing' standard

Investors need to develop an industry-wide standard to provide clear rules to "police" green bonds which stray from market expectations following issuance, according to RBC BlueBay Asset Management.