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Schroders launches food, water and climate funds
14 December 2021Schroders has launched two listed equities funds, focusing on climate change and food & water, respectively.
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G7 taskforce recommends ISSB-led move to 'mandatory' impact accounting
13 December 2021Global standards for sustainability reporting should be extended to enable governments to require mandatory company accounting of their positive and negative social and environmental impact on all stakeholders, G7 countries have been told.
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Transition, social taxonomy reports delayed to 2022
13 December 2021The publication of reports exploring how the EU could extend its sustainability taxonomy to cover 'transition' activities, and a separate document studying a potential taxonomy of social activities, has been postponed until 2022.
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Environmental Finance reveals annual Market Rankings winners
13 December 2021Environmental Finance is proud to announce the winners of its 22nd Annual Market Rankings.
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ECB introduces climate into assessment of bank managers
10 December 2021The European Central Bank (ECB) has for the first time introduced a climate and broader environmental criterion in an update to its questionnaire for banks to help assess which prospective managers are 'fit and proper'.
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Ontario Teachers' invests in environmental markets platform
10 December 2021Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board has invested an undisclosed sum in Australian environmental markets platform GreenCollar.
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GIIN plans financial inclusion impact 'benchmarking' tool in 2022
10 December 2021Impact investors are soon to get a publicly-available benchmarking tool that will help them compare the financial and non-financial performance of their investments, the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) has said.
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Mandatory EU GBS not the way to go - EIB
09 December 2021Proposals to make an EU green bond standard mandatory would be counter-productive, according to the European Investment Bank (EIB)'s head of capital markets.
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First taxonomy act set to pass, 'no date' for nuclear, gas decision
07 December 2021The first set of climate criteria for the EU taxonomy appear set for safe passage this week despite threats to vote down the package - but there is still "no concrete date" for news of the Commission's second set to rule on the contentious issues of nuclear and gas.
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EU green bond standard proposals exclude nuclear, gas
06 December 2021Draft proposals for an EU Green Bond Standard exclude the financing of gas and nuclear power generation.
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- Big Nature Impact Fund raises £65m after narrowing focus
- Amundi: Transition bond issuers must clearly 'draw line with green'
- 'Transition finance itself is transitioning'
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- NWB Bank raises €1bn through Water Bond issuance
- 'Misconceptions' holding back 'true impact' EM sustainable bonds
- TNFD releases CFO guidance
- S&P: Transition, adaptation in focus for next 1,000 SPOs
- 'Landmark' second Chinese sovereign green bond 10-times oversubscribed
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'Greenium is back' for Japanese sovereign transition bonds
04 June 2026The latest transaction in the Japanese 'climate transition' bond (CTB) programme suggests a "meaningful pocket of investor demand" for the instrument after a 'greenium' once again returned to the pioneering sovereign structure.
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Exemption for asset managers in ESRS 'creates a reporting vacuum'
04 June 2026The EU risks creating a "reporting vacuum" that undermines investors' data needs if it proceeds with a proposal to exempt asset managers' reporting under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), observers warned.
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'Much better' investor demand for sustainable bonds persists
04 June 2026Strengthening interest among investors to increase their investment in labelled sustainable bonds despite plateauing issuance has ensured the asset class is attracting "much better execution dynamics".
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TISFD to create financial sector recommendations
04 June 2026The financial sector will be a key focus for a social disclosure framework under development, Simon Rawson tells Genevieve Redgrave.
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Storebrand and BNP to lead nature transition group
04 June 2026The Finance for Biodiversity Foundation is launching a nature transition working group in a bid to scale up capital flows towards companies reducing pressure on nature.