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The role of blended financing in a just energy transition
07 November 2022The current 'poly crisis' presents an opportunity to combine economic and environmental policies allowing sustainable development, write Gustavo Medeiros and Iselin Aslakstrom
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COP27: New investors join deforestation alliance
07 November 2022Institutions including asset manager GAM Investments have joined Finance Sector Deforestation Action (FSDA) initiative as COP27 kicks off in Egypt.
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COP27 needs to deliver on transition finance, says UOB
07 November 2022COP27 needs to 'lean into' the concept of transition finance to help deliver net zero, especially in developing markets, UOB has told Environmental Finance.
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SGX developing sustainable bond listing initiative
07 November 2022The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has exclusively announced at an Environmental Finance event that it plans to launch a sustainable bond initiative to provide "added assurance" for investors around reporting and greater visibility for issuers.
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Canada ranked bottom in G7 climate-readiness league table
07 November 2022Canada ranks bottom in Aviva's newly-launched 'Climate-Ready Index' - a framework to measure how G7 nations and Ireland are progressing on climate mitigation, resilience and adaptation.
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Look past ESG scores to hedge climate risks, Fed study says
07 November 2022A sample investment portfolio of stocks with low carbon intensity proved a better hedge against an unexpected climate shock than one constituted of firms with a relatively good environmental score, according to a study by the US Federal Reserve.
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Verra plans biodiversity credit standard in late 2023
07 November 2022Verra plans to release a standard to enable the independent certification of biodiversity credits in late 2023, an executive at the standard-setter has said.
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ESG will increasingly influence insurers' risk management strategies
07 November 2022Lack of standardisation, regulatory pressure and greater physical risks all pose challenges, says Fitch
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M&G backs Osler Diagnostics
07 November 2022M&G Catalyst has invested in Osler Diagnostics, a provider of medical portable diagnostic devices that can run several medical tests at once, on any individual and in any setting.
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TNFD publishes pilot nature scenario 'narratives'
04 November 2022The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has published nature scenarios it said market participants can begin using to plot progress along four potential futures.