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Data centres a 'huge' sustainable investment opportunity, says HSBC

Data centres represent a significant sustainability investment opportunity for institutional investors, according to HSBC, despite the sector's energy and water use "raising eyebrows".

'Better explanation of taxonomy differences could drive cross-border investment'

Improved descriptions of why there is difference between different sustainable finance taxonomies could supporting cross-border investment at a time when these 'green lists' are necessarily proliferating, ...

Switzerland delays rules on financial institution transition planning

Joint engagement should avoid box-ticking, Japan's FSA says as it revises Stewardship Code

Easing the reporting burden

EFRAG's plan to simplify the CSRD and lighten its load on companies met with guarded praise from financial institutions. Michael Hurley reports

Treat emerging market sovereigns differently in transition investments - BlackRock

BlackRock uses a different scale for assessing progress in the climate transition of emerging market sovereigns than for developed market peers for its transition debt strategies, it said.

ING replaces DZ Bank on Principles ExCom

ING has replaced DZ Bank on the Executive Committee (ExCom) of the Principles, which lay out best practices for the sustainable bond market.

Microsoft in landmark soil carbon credit deal

Singaporean banks carry out nature-risk study

Some of Singapore's largest banks and the Monetary Authority of Singapore have launched an initiative to better understand the financial implications of nature-related risk.

Rathbones secures SDR labels for £566m sustainable multi-asset range

Rathbones Asset Management has adopted the Sustainability Focus label for its £566.1 million ($775 million) sustainable multi-asset funds under the UK's Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR).