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Union Investment: SLBs can have impact
03 April 2023The market needs to promote the strongest SLBs rather than just pile-in on the weakest in order to support the development of a potentially valuable instrument, Union Investment's Johannes Böhm tells Ahren Lester.
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Measuring the financial consequences of climate transition
13 March 2023Joseph Noss looks at why backward-looking emissions reporting provides no guarantee of reducing exposure to transition risk
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Accounting for Asia's biodiversity
10 March 2023The finance industry should develop its own methods of biodiversity accounting, argues ADM's Christopher Botsford
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Explainer: The Transition Pathway Initiative
21 February 2023The TPI has emerged as a key investor tool for assessing transition risk, write Rory Sullivan and Valentin Jahn
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Asia-focused ESG technology on the rise
20 February 2023Technology built in and for local markets can provide valuable benefits, argues Darian McBain. Genevieve Redgrave reports
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After climate, insurers seek to measure their social footprint
16 February 2023The Geneva Association has outlined a framework to assess insurers' impact on society. But why is it needed and how would it operate alongside existing ESG frameworks? Paul Walsh reports
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Water is 'most critical' natural capital factor for investors
09 February 2023Investors should first look at water when kicking off engagement with corporations on natural capital, Jefferies' Grace Elshafei tells Thomas Cox
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Assessing the relative transition readiness of real estate sectors
03 February 2023There are significant differences in levels of transition readiness across the real estate sector, argues Matt Soffair, and owners of highly sustainable buildings may benefit from a 'scarcity premium'
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Calls for the ISSB to place greater focus on transition
02 February 2023Some investors argue the International Sustainability Standards Board needs to place the transition to a net zero economy at the heart of its forthcoming standards. Michael Hurley reports
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Q&A with Sue Lloyd
01 February 2023Supporting company reporting of sustainability impacts outside the ISSB's financial materiality remit will be part of future work, the vice-chair of the standards body tells Michael Hurley