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MSCI's Mattison: 'We need a new framework for understanding risk'

MSCI will put geospatial information and AI at the heart of its new ESG data strategy, Richard Mattison tells Peter Cripps

Moody's: Private Equity interest in Net Zero Assessment for exits growing

Private equity (PE) firms are increasingly approaching Moody's Ratings about securing Net Zero Assessments (NZAs) for investment exits as the focus on transition credibility among buyers strengthens.

L&G removes Cosco from divestment list based on climate progress

L&G Asset Management has removed Chinese state-owned shipping giant Cosco from its climate-based divestment list after it said the company made "several" key improvements to its strategy, including an 'ambition' for its shipping operation to be net zero by 2050.

'We are still speaking different languages on core sustainability data'

Sustainable investors are still struggling to find "accurate and reliable" sustainability data even for some information that can appear fairly straightforward, according to an Asian sustainable bond investor.

'Transition is not a thematic of green - it is its own label'

A growing consensus on defining the transition is driving the Transition Loan Principles closer to launch, Gemma Lawrence-Pardew tells Ahren Lester

People Moves, 25 July: Robeco, 500 Global, BII, Tokio Marine GX ... and more

Emirates NBD to publish TNFD report later this year

Emirates NBD plans to publish its Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) report later this year, but difficulties on data remain.

EU aiming to adopt CSRD cuts by mid-2026, commissioner says

Drastic cuts to the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) standards will be adopted in "the first half of next year" if the European Commission's simplification drive progresses as planned, a key official said.

Guyana and Silvania to collaborate on biodiversity finance

UK carbon credit boom "once-in-a-generation" opportunity, says Oxygen Conservation

Premium UK carbon credits could hit £500 per tonne by 2050, according to Oxygen Conservation, telling Environmental Finance it is an opportunity for investors to generate "oversized" returns.