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  • 'Huge interest' from asset owners in fossil fuel expansion-focused bond index

    22 April 2025

    Asset owners are "excited" by the potential for a fossil fuel expansion-focused corporate bond index and its "new form of bondholder engagement", which is expected to be launched in the second half of 2025, according to a researcher working on the project.

  • Companies don't believe investors are fully assessing nature, finds NBIM survey

    22 April 2025

    Despite recognising that nature is a growing concern for investors, many companies don't believe investors are fully assessing risk as part of financing decisions, Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) has found.

  • The 'why now' and 'how' questions remain for biodiversity investing

    16 April 2025

    Despite increasing recognition of biodiversity loss, the 'why now' and 'how' questions remain for investors looking to invest in biodiversity, Robeco has said.

  • Food investors to face insecurity and commercial loss, says First Sentier MUFG

    16 April 2025

    More extreme weather means food investors should expect increased supply chain insecurity and commercial loss, the First Sentier MUFG Sustainable Investment Institute has warned.

  • Financial institutions 'not planning to reduce fossil fuel investments'

    16 April 2025

    Financial institutions have "financial cakeism", with many hoping to reach net zero without being willing to reduce fossil fuel investments, according to a report.

  • Franklin Templeton launches two ESG-focused ETFs

    15 April 2025

    Franklin Templeton has added two sustainability-focused index-tracking exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to its range.

  • Buyers of biodiversity credits 'yet to emerge'

    15 April 2025

    There is still no willingness to buy biodiversity credits, but biodiversity co-benefits continue to dominate carbon credit prices, a project developer has told Environmental Finance.

  • New Agriculture launches agricultural landscapes strategy

    14 April 2025

    New Agriculture has launched a new nature-based strategy for institutional investors, which will target improvements to agricultural landscapes across Australia and New Zealand.

  • Bloomberg, Cambridge developing 'game-changing' fossil fuel expansion-focused bond index

    14 April 2025

    The University of Cambridge and Bloomberg are developing the 'first' global bond index focused on excluding companies that are expanding their fossil fuel activities.

  • EU ESG fund names are using sustainability terms less, says ESMA

    14 April 2025

    The use of sustainability-related fund names has slightly declined in the last two years, a report from European Securities and Markets Authority has claimed.