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Pension funds have 'unique' relationship with deforestation

A guide on how pension funds can tackle deforestation, inspired by their association with asset managers, has been launched by Global Canopy, Make My Money Matter and SYSTEMIQ.

$3trn sustainable bond issuance milestone crossed

Despite a weaker than expected start to 2022, sustainable bond issuance continues to break new ground as it reaches a landmark $3 trillion total. Ahren Lester reports

ESG ratings 'struggling' to meet EU taxonomy social safeguards

New criteria for assessing non-compliance with minimum social safeguards in the EU's taxonomy regulation has been proposed, with ESG rating agencies having been identified as struggling to make the assessments.

Microfinance 'causes some hardship but is positive overall'

Although "microfinance is making some lives worse...the overall picture is positive", and most customers' lives have improved, a think-tank argued.

Bank of China and S&P launch Greater Bay Area transition index

BNP Paribas to classify 90% of funds as Article 8 or 9

Policy action likely to lead to losses on crypto-assets, ECB paper warns

The eventual pricing-in of the negative environmental externalities of cryptocurrency assets appears likely to lead to losses on crypto-asset exposures, a research paper published by the European Central Bank warns.

EM sustainability-linked finance should focus on 'super tangible' targets

Sustainability-linked bonds and loans should focus on "super tangible" targets for borrowers in emerging markets and embrace the "creativity" the instrument...

Gold Standard sets methodology for charcoal stoves

Actis supports EU 'transitional' gas label

Actis has stressed that "gas is a really important transition fuel in some markets" and backed the EU's decision to include gas as a transitional fuel in its list of sustainable activities.