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SEC stumbles into battleground of climate materiality
12 March 2024Letting companies decide whether emissions are material to their business opens the door for disputes, writes Michael Hurley
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Net zero frameworks are 'missing' avoided emissions
06 March 2024A standardised accounting method for calculating 'avoided emissions' is necessary to support net zero transition plans, Natixis and Mirova tell Michael Hurley
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ICMA draws up a 'Common Ground Taxonomy' for transition plans
26 February 2024The influential trade association wants issuer to act on transition plans before regulations arrive, and has provided a high-level tool to get the process started. Ahren Lester reports
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Impact accounting framework released - with $236 per tonne cost of carbon
23 February 2024The International Foundation for Valuing Impacts has published two draft methodologies - on greenhouse gas emissions and adequate wages. Michael Hurley speaks with Daniel Osusky
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The future of eDNA
16 February 2024Data provider NatureMetrics says demand is booming for its eDNA testing. Genevieve Redgrave visits its lab to find out more.
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SFDR - still a work-in-progress
13 February 2024What would investors like to see from Version 2.0 of the EU's much-maligned Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation? Michael Hurley reports
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ESG at the crossroads
12 February 2024Private markets firms are pioneering use of artificial intelligence (AI) to sharpen their ESG analysis, Chandini Jain writes
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ESG controversy scores are impacting bond pricing
05 February 2024Climate risk is still not efficiently being priced in bond markets, but the impact of exclusions and controversy scores give a glimpse to the future. Ahren Lester reports
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Regulating ESG ratings: Mission impossible?
02 February 2024As regulators around the world seek to define good practice for ESG raters, they are discovering the complexities of doing so, writes Michael Hurley
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Comment: How to stay positive if you work in sustainable finance?
01 February 2024As governments fail to act, hopes rest on the ingenuity of people and technological advances, writes Peter Cripps