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ECB tells banks to pressure clients on climate data

The European Central Bank (ECB) has told banks they need to pressurise their clients to disclose more emissions data, after its first climate stress test showed most lenders are not adequately managing climate risks.

Investors 'must get to grips with supply chains'

Investing in sustainably-produced commodities is not enough - they also need to help transform unsustainable supply chains, writes Madeleine Jenkins

Tracking Growth and Performance in Green Equities - upated

Read this report to better understand the size of the global green economy, how it has performed, what that performance is attributed to, and whether its long-term growth drivers remain intact.

Investors may greenwash using SFDR labels, 2DII finds

Financial think-tank 2 Degrees Investing Initiative (2DII) said it had found risks of greenwashing to be particularly high around the use of Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) marketing labels by investors, when they are combined with claims of contribution to positive environmental impact.

Data reliability still a 'significant challenge', says NGFS

"Significant challenges" remain on climate-related data and its reliability, according to the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS).

Defiant Stuart Kirk quits HSBC amid 'group-think' lambast

HSBC Asset Management responsible investment head Stuart Kirk has resigned after criticising the response of the bank to his controversial comments on sustainable finance...

Vanguard commits just 4% of assets to net zero

Taxonomy vote raises the stakes for investor-policymaker standoff

The contentious inclusion of nuclear and gas as 'transition' energy sources in the EU's green taxonomy could influence policymakers in other jurisdictions - even as investors prepare to ignore the result, according to Eurosif.

PRI urges more 'robust' asset owner TCFD implementation

Asset owners need to take 'next steps' on TCFD - particularly on scenario analysis, the PRI tells Genevieve Redgrave

Investor Agenda updates guidance on net-zero plans