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Aviva completes divestment of £2.5bn in fossil fuel companies

Aviva has divested almost all its £2.5 billion ($3 billion) exposure to fossil fuel companies on its "Stoplist" of firms with weak ambitions to reduce their climate impact.

Man Group: Water industry will defy broader market instability

The water industry will defy macroeconomic headwinds to grow globally due to government spending trends, despite posting negative returns last year, a fund manager at Man Group has predicted.

Taking sustainable sukuk to the next level

Islamic financiers are hoping to capitalise on growing international ESG demand, Fitch Ratings' Bashar Al-Natoor tells Genevieve Redgrave

ESG in Fixed Income EMEA 2023 - early bird ends this Friday

The early bird rate for Environmental Finance's annual ESG in Fixed Income EMEA conference will end this Friday, so register now to save 20%

Mirova raises $171m for emerging markets energy transition fund

Mirova has raised $171 million in the first close of its clean energy transition fund which will invest in emerging markets across Africa and the Asia-Pacific region.

Australian industry drowning under sustainability requirements, says Fiona Reynolds

Companies and institutional investors in Australia are "drowning" in a flood of new sustainability requirements, ex-Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) head Fiona Reynolds has said.

CDC Biodiversité to add three sectors to biodiversity footprint tool

CDC is planning to expand its biodiversity footprinting tool to enable simplified assessments of three sectors in more detail, as asset managers trial the methodology with private portfolio companies.

Deutsche Bank agrees green loan for Vietnamese manufacturing factory

Bank of England to explore whether climate capital requirements needed

The Bank of England said it will "explore whether changes to the macroprudential framework might be appropriate" to help protect against climate risks,...

ECB: Climate disclosures a 'priority' for structured finance assets

Encouraging climate-related disclosures on the assets underpinning structured finance products is a "priority", the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) and European Central Bank (ECB) said in a joint statement.