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Bloomberg, Cambridge developing 'game-changing' fossil fuel expansion-focused bond index
14 April 2025The University of Cambridge and Bloomberg are developing the 'first' global bond index focused on excluding companies that are expanding their fossil fuel activities.
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EU ESG fund names are using sustainability terms less, says ESMA
14 April 2025The use of sustainability-related fund names has slightly declined in the last two years, a report from European Securities and Markets Authority has claimed.
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Schroders sets path for Apple to address Scope 3 emissions with new fund
11 April 2025Schroders is helping Apple offset its Scope 3 emissions for a second time, Environmental Finance has learned, after it committed $100 million to a new China renewable energy strategy.
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Carbon markets could be 'hugely beneficial' to Latin America
11 April 2025The development international carbon credit markets after progress at COP29 could "really benefit" Latin American countries, according to Ninety One.
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'Unjustifiably expensive' fees discouraging allocations to water, says Morningstar
10 April 2025Expensive fees are likely preventing investors from allocating more capital to water-focused funds, Morningstar has claimed.
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Climate adaptation investment hampered by 'fragmented' solutions
10 April 2025Investment in climate adaptation and resilience projects is being held back by a tendency towards focusing on "fragmented or incremental" solutions rather than system-wide plans - even in National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
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Biodiversity credits a 'greenwashing risk', says former PRI exec
09 April 2025Difficulties around measuring impact mean biodiversity credits could pose a greenwashing risk, a former executive leader at the Principles of Responsible Investment has warned.
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A2A: 'Investors should expect EU green bond issuers to use flexibility pocket'
08 April 2025EU Green Bond (EuGB) issuer A2A said investors should be "aware" that issuers will use the 'flexibility pocket' for non-EU Taxonomy-aligned projects, as the Italian utility firm looks to refine its own programme after its inaugural deal.
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'SLLBs are a really interesting lever for SLL markets'
07 April 2025Sustainability-Linked Loan Bonds (SLLBs) provided a powerful lever for borrowers, lenders and investors to understand and enhance sustainability-linked loans (SLLs), an Environmental Finance event heard.
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Adaptation investments need to prepare for more than 1.5°C of warming, warns Aberdeen
04 April 2025Investors need to be "realistic" that the ambition of the Paris Agreement to restrict warming to 1.5°C is probably going to be missed, Aberdeen told an Environmental Finance conference.