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Shareholder group steps up rare metals engagement
03 December 2021A group of shareholders with a total of €30 billion ($34 billion) in assets said it will this month begin stepping up its engagement with companies involved with potential controversies in the supply chains of rare earths and rare metals.
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Swiss initiative targets $1bn in impact investments
03 December 2021The Swiss government, UBS, Credit Suisse and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation have launched an initiative to 'mobilise' up to CHF1 billion ($1.1 billion) in impact investments in developing countries.
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EU delays introduction of SFDR standards again
01 December 2021The European Commission has again delayed the application of the second phase of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) rules by six months, to January 2023.
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Audits 'undervalue climate risk, should be regulated'
30 November 2021Regulators should require companies and auditors to explain how climate risk is captured in financial statements, Greenpeace has urged, after the NGO said investors have failed to push audit firms to properly value such risks.
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EU banks slow to develop climate stress test capacity - ECB
22 November 2021No European bank is meeting its regulator's expectations on climate and environmental risk management, with "worrying" lack of progress in areas including stress testing, the European Central Bank (ECB) said, just months before it runs the biggest climate stress test to date.
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No proof yet of EU carbon market abuse, ESMA says
19 November 2021There is not yet strong evidence to suggest the EU carbon market is being abused by speculators, a report by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) says.
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ICE to host tropical forest protection carbon credit auctions
18 November 2021Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is to host auctions of carbon credits for Permian Global, which develops 'large-scale' tropical forest protection and restoration projects.
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Rotation into value stocks dents M&G impact fund outperformance
18 November 2021The wider stock market shift that has in recent months benefited stocks perceived as 'cheaper' alternatives to those that rely on the promise of future growth has dented the financial performance of listed equities impact funds, including that run by M&G.
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ESG boom is not creating climate impact - Generation IM
16 November 2021The boom in ESG investing is failing to address climate change, Generation Investment Management has warned.
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COP26 outcome suggests private finance left to pick up climate slack
15 November 2021The final text of the climate agreement by countries at the UN climate summit in Glasgow represents only incremental progress on previous conferences and leaves considerable slack for private finance to pick up on the path to net zero, according to commentators.
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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.