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Webinar: Climate risk ratings help identify where value is created or destroyed

Climate risk ratings can not only help investors to identify exposure to high climate risk within their portfolios, they can also help investors find growth opportunities, an Environmental Finance webinar heard.

Indonesia set to ditch early coal plant closure, in blow to JETPs

ESG ratings 'frustration' justifies prescriptive FCA rules on transparency

Complaints from companies that a lack of transparency about their ESG rating left them 'confused and frustrated' justified the "most prescriptive" elements of the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) proposed regulation of ratings providers.

'My heart is bleeding for what's happening to nat cap regulation in Europe'

Investors have warned that the EU's policy pullback is hindering action on nature, and called for more ambition to help protect economic growth.

Can SFDR 2.0 unlock capital for climate transition finance?

Much of today's capital remains locked in mature, low-carbon assets rather than being channelled to the high-emission sectors where transformation is most urgent, writes Michael Horvath

Yagel is new head of sustainability at S&P

Lauren Smart has stepped down as head of S&P Global Sustainable1, Environmental Finance has learned.

Lloyds launches loans for sustainable farming

EUDR set for one-year delay after trilogue discussions

EIOPA proposes EU-wide natcat risk scoring for properties

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has proposed an EU-wide tool that would rate the exposure of residential and commercial buildings to natural catastrophe (natcat) risks.

PCAF approach to sovereigns 'unnecessarily risks double counting emissions'

An updated methodology for financial institutions to report greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with their investments in sub-sovereign issuers unnecessarily raises the prospect of double counting of emissions, an observer claimed.