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Environmental data: emerging markets have cleaned up their act

Emerging markets disclosure rates are increasing much faster than developed markets, and are set to catch up in the next few years, writes Lily Andrews

AI part of the toolkit for energy transition, says SET Ventures

Energy transition-focused venture capital investor SET Ventures is looking to increase its reliance on artificial intelligence as a value creator with its latest fund, Environmental Finance understands.

Tesla and General Motors face deep sea mining shareholder resolutions

Two of the world's largest car makers have been hit with shareholder resolutions related to deep sea mining to extract the minerals needed for electric batteries.

EU rowback on agricultural policy 'irresponsible', say investors

A proposal to water down environmental protections within the EU's Common Agricultural Policy has been deemed "irresponsible" by investors.

Menon appointed Singapore climate ambassador

NBIM praises Malaysia for 'full adoption' of ISSB standards

Cornwall Pension Fund pumps £40m into Octopus Energy Transition Fund

Cornwall Pension Fund has made a £40 million ($50 million) commitment to the Octopus Energy Transition Fund (OETF).

NZBA has little impact on decarbonisation, ECB paper says

Signatories to the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) "are neither divesting nor engaging differently from banks without a climate commitment," a group of economists said in a report.

'Plenty of opportunity for us to show what good nature investments look like'

Bregal's new nature strategy targets coffee and cocoa decarbonisation with a new nature strategy. Jennifer Forrest reports

Financial institutions have high exposure to companies with transition potential, central bank says

French financial institutions are highly exposed to corporates with the potential to meet the criteria of the EU sustainability taxonomy, research by the Banque de France says.