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PFZW divests from Shell, BP and Total, blaming slow transition
09 February 2024Dutch pension fund PFZW has divested from 310 oil and gas companies - leaving just seven in its portfolio, as it refocuses on companies "improving the climate and the energy transition".
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Hong Kong raises $750m from second 'digital' green bond
08 February 2024Hong Kong has raised more than $750 million from a multi-currency green bond, issued in digital format using blockchain technology.
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Japan confirms ground-breaking 'transition bond' debut next week
08 February 2024Japan is going to raise around JPY800 billion ($5.4 billion) from its ground-breaking debut 'climate transition' bond (CTB) next week, becoming both the sovereign to use the 'transition' bond label.
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Investment groups urge EU to delay changes to SFDR
07 February 2024European investment groups have urged the European Commission to delay proposed changes to the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), as they warned of a risk to investor confidence in the regime and to the reliability of disclosures.
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EU agrees ESG ratings regulation text, plans to consider extending it to ESG data
06 February 2024The EU has agreed the text for regulating providers of ESG ratings and said it will in future review whether to extend the regulation to cover providers of ESG data products.
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EU energy passport huge step forward in valuing real estate climate risk, says PGGM
06 February 2024The revision of EU buildings regulations to introduce a 'passport' showing energy performance data could be "a huge step forward" in helping investors and lenders to accurately include climate risk in valuation of assets, a leading investor has said.
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Greenwashing concerns hindering transition, warn European regulators
05 February 2024Transition needs to be better articulated by regulators to help diminish the growing fear of greenwashing accusations, European regulators have warned, adding that it is important that "we accept some shades of brown".
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Ontario adds nuclear, social projects to sustainable bond programme
02 February 2024Ontario is preparing to finance nuclear power and social projects through sustainable bonds, after the long-standing green bond issuer updated and expanded its decade-old framework.
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EU regulator sounds 'impact washing' alarm call
02 February 2024Funds that purport to contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been found to "not significantly differ" to peers that do not make such claims, in analysis by the European securities regulator.
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Swiss regulator consults on requiring nature-related scenario analysis
02 February 2024Switzerland's financial markets regulator has published an outline of supervisory expectations to require scenario analysis to identify and manage the most material nature-related financial risks.