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  • ABN Amro: EPC changes could impact Dutch banks' green bonds

    01 December 2023

    Green bond investors should be cautious about Dutch bank green bonds allocated heavily to Dutch real estate, ABN Amro said, ...

  • NBIM plans $70bn sustainable private equity investment expansion

    28 November 2023

    Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) is proposing updating the investment strategy for the NOK15.6 trillion ($1.46 trillion) Norwegian sovereign wealth fund to include net zero-aligned unlisted equity investments.

  • Inaugural COP report published

    27 November 2023

    Environmental Finance has published its first COP-focused special report in the build up to COP28, taking place in Dubai this week.

  • Phoenix Group: Time for the UK government to form its own transition plan

    09 November 2023

    The UK government would help to catalyse investment in climate solutions if it produced its own transition plan, Phoenix Group has argued.

  • Corporate transition finance framework 'common ground' project launched

    09 November 2023

    The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) has published an initial mapping of transition finance frameworks as part of a collaborative project to "demystify" the topic for corporates amid a proliferation of frameworks.

  • Investors 'trapped in quandary over whether 1.5°C is achievable'

    27 October 2023

    Investors are "trapped" in a quandary of working towards targets based on keeping warming to 1.5°C, while confidence evaporates that countries and companies are reducing emissions at a fast enough rate to do so, an asset owner has warned.

  • Transition plan disclosure 'most significant' next step, says FCA

    09 October 2023

    Transition plan disclosures are the "most significant next step" for sustainability disclosures, the UK's financial services regulator has said, as it prepares to consult on mandatory disclosures.

  • BlackRock launches transition private debt fund

    05 October 2023

    BlackRock has launched a climate-focused private debt fund, as it continues to ramp up its focus on the transition to a net zero economy.

  • Report reveals top insurers of US coal

    28 September 2023

    Global insurers AIG, Liberty Mutual, Lloyd's of London, Swiss Re and Zurich are among the top insurers of US coal mining, according to findings from Insure Our Future and Public Citizen.

  • ESG in Fixed Income Americas 2023: BlackRock: 'transition investments are green'

    28 September 2023

    BlackRock considers credible transition projects to be 'green', rather than putting them into a transition category, an Environmental Finance conference heard.