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NatureAlpha launches AI-driven platform covering private assets
28 October 2024From Peter Cripps at COP16 in Cali, Colombia
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Investors 'sceptical' of public ESG strategies likely to increase allocations to PE, says Ambienta
28 October 2024Investors are increasingly reallocating capital away from 'inauthentic' ESG strategies towards the few 'authentic' strategies, amid concerns they don't invest in 'real' environmental investment opportunities, Ambienta has claimed.
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S&P: Green Asset Ratio is 'incredibly exciting' part of EU Taxonomy - in principle
28 October 2024The "most exciting" part of the EU Taxonomy regulation are the Green Asset Ratio (GAR) disclosures for banks as it provides investors with clear links between financial and sustainability reporting, according to S&P Global Ratings.
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TNFD consults on public 'data facility' in nature data strategy paper
27 October 2024By Peter Cripps at COP16 in Cali, Colombia
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Azerbaijan, IFC sustainable taxonomy 'roadmap' to launch at COP29
25 October 2024The Central Bank of Azerbaijan and International Finance Corporation (IFC) are set to publish a sustainable finance taxonomy "roadmap" to encourage interoperability between the rapidly growing number of national 'green lists' in development.
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Financial institutions say Canada anti-greenwashing rule has reduced access to ESG data
25 October 2024Financial institutions have warned the Canadian government that a recently introduced anti-greenwashing rule has led companies to withdraw from their websites the sustainability-related information investors require.
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Governance failings dominate ESG-driven ratings actions, S&P reveals
25 October 2024Governance failings were the most cited reason for a raft of more than 100 ESG-driven ratings 'actions' this year, S&P Global Ratings has revealed, as it said 47 issuers have been downgraded largely for ESG reasons.
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MSCI appoints Trucost founder Mattison as head of ESG and climate
24 October 2024Richard Mattison will join MSCI as head of ESG and climate at the end of the month, having left rival S&P Global earlier this year.
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Danish regulator uncovers shortcomings in bank and insurer taxonomy reporting
24 October 2024Denmark's financial regulator has found widespread "shortcomings" by the country's banks and insurers in a study of the first year of mandatory reporting of taxonomy alignment under EU regulation.
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Investor resources being tied up by regulatory burden, says ION Asset Management
24 October 2024The ever-developing sustainable finance regulatory landscape has created a growing cost to comply burden on smaller asset managers, despite lessening costs, says ION Asset Management.