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SFDR 'not working for impact VC funds'
16 April 2024Venture capital funds are calling for special treatment in the updated version of SFDR. Jennifer Forrest reports
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Why TPI?
09 April 2024Solange Le Jeune explains why FTSE Russell uses Transition Pathway Initiative data to build forward-looking indices
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Environmental data: emerging markets have cleaned up their act
27 March 2024Emerging markets disclosure rates are increasing much faster than developed markets, and are set to catch up in the next few years, writes Lily Andrews
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Basel 'faulty'
20 March 2024US banks have urged the Basel Committee to re-draw 'flawed' climate disclosure rules, writes Michael Hurley
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Green bond funds swing back to black in 2023
13 March 20242023 saw the growing sustainable bond fund market make positive returns after a torrid two years, with forecasts of another strong year to come. Ahren Lester reports
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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.