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LGX: Gender-focused bonds are growing, but reporting is limited

A report from Luxembourg Stock Exchange shows the market for gender-focused bonds deserves better impact reporting. Ahren Lester reports

Bond round-up: AIIB, KfW, Council of Europe Development Bank ... and more

CA100+ needs to stop members working against each other, say investors

The Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) collaborative engagement initiative needs to stop its members working against each other, investors have told Environmental Finance.

SEC risks becoming 'global police' on ESG, commissioner says

Companies outside the US are increasingly likely to be prosecuted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for misleading or incomplete sustainability-related disclosures - risking making the US regulator the "global police" on ESG, an SEC commissioner has argued.

Chubb: we have "no control" over insureds' emissions

Chubb's board of directors has said it has no control over its insureds' emissions and no basis to know how any change in its underwriting or investment activity would reduce such emissions.

Eiopa launches free app to help with physical climate risk modelling

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa) has launched free software in a bid to help bring climate and natural catastrophe modelling to a wider range of users.

EF Sustainable Company Awards 2023 open for entries

Environmental Finance's Sustainable Company Awards 2023 are now open to entries.

Schroders launches carbon-offset tranche of climate fund

Schroders has started to offer investors a way of offsetting the carbon emissions associated with one of its climate-themed funds.

Hong Kong's reporting changes to 'enhance disclosures in mainland China'

Upcoming changes to reporting standards in Hong Kong could enhance sustainability reporting across mainland China, Sustainable Fitch has said.

LGIM increasing engagement on biodiversity

Last year marked a "step change" in Legal & General Investment Management's (LGIM) engagement on biodiversity, and it continues to be one of its key themes for 2023, the company has said.