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UK to publish sustainability reporting standards next month
06 January 2026 -
Climate concerns spur US Democrats to open inquiry into Florida insurance ratings
06 January 2026Three Democrat lawmakers have opened an inquiry into Demotech to assess whether its insurance ratings reliably measure exposure to climate-related risks in the state of Florida.
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Can a new SFDR category solve the EU's transition finance problem?
06 January 2026A transition category is set to transform how fund managers use the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, but the finer details are yet to be ironed out. Michael Hurley writes
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Defence investments 'sustainable' in some cases, EU says
02 January 2026 -
Waygood departs Aviva to found transition finance advisory
02 January 2026Steve Waygood has left Aviva Investors to establish the Finance Transition Centre (FTC), a think tank.
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Hong Kong consults on mandatory sustainability assurance
02 January 2026 -
China publishes climate disclosure standard
02 January 2026Chinese government ministries and regulators have published a draft standard for climate-related disclosures, which they said would support voluntary reporting before the standards are phased in to regulatory requirements.
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Comment: Don't mourn the CSRD
29 December 2025The CSRD has been thrown under the Omnibus - but it will still advance sustainability reporting, argues Michael Hurley
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SFDR datapoints retained in amended ESRS, say EU advisors
24 December 2025 -
ESMA updates ESG ratings Q&A for small providers
23 December 2025
- Achmea preps impact-focused private debt strategy for Q3 launch
- Outcomes-based bonds: Compliance carbon credit market 'key' to scalability
- Amundi: Transition bond issuers must clearly 'draw line with green'
- S&P: Transition, adaptation in focus for next 1,000 SPOs
- TISFD to create financial sector recommendations
- NWB Bank raises €1bn through Water Bond issuance
- Big Nature Impact Fund raises £65m after narrowing focus
- Exclusive: NatureAlpha and GCFC launch UAE partnership
- TNFD releases CFO guidance
- BlackRock: It's actually a very constructive environment for investing in the transition
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Battery storage: charging ahead
05 June 2026Investors are increasingly bullish about the technology, which can help address energy security concerns while enabling the transition. Michael Hurley reports
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ADB backs sustainability-linked loan for farmers in India and Vietnam
04 June 2026The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a $50 million sustainability-linked loan with agricultural supply chain company ETG to support smallholder coffee and cashew farmers in India and Vietnam.
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Xylem achieves 'blueium' as investors seek water exposure
04 June 2026US water technology company Xylem's inaugural blue bond was over 10 times oversubscribed, highlighting growing investor interest in water-focused sustainable finance.
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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.