ESG

  • EU pension fund investments are 4.5% aligned with taxonomy, EIOPA says

    18 March 2024
  • Financial firms green bond lending disclosures 'need more detail'

    18 March 2024

    Financial institutions that issue green bonds need to provide more detail on their 'green' lending portfolios, according to one investor.

  • UK to design US PACE-inspired property energy efficiency improvement model

    18 March 2024
  • Nature and social standards not top of our priorities, ISSB says

    18 March 2024

    The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has indicated that it will focus its future work on ensuring implementation of its existing standards - suggesting that it does not plan to imminently begin projects to set dedicated nature-related and social standards.

  • Landmark green shipping loan loses CBI certification amid contract cancellation

    18 March 2024

    A ground-breaking green shipping loan has had its Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) certification revoked after the borrower revealed plans to cancel the ship order the loan was intended to finance.

  • Commission to delay review of Green Asset Ratio for banks

    18 March 2024

    The European Commission is to postpone a review of the much-maligned Green Asset Ratio (GAR) reporting indicator for banks, a key figure at the EU's executive arm has said.

  • CSDDD agreed, in watershed moment, but is weakened to 'shadow of former self'

    15 March 2024

    The EU passed a landmark sustainability reporting law which, although significantly weakened from previous versions, was described as "a watershed moment for corporate accountability".

  • French SIF to give opinion on 'credibility' of Shell, Total and Glencore climate strategies

    15 March 2024

    Investors are to receive an opinion on the credibility and ambition of the climate strategies published by European companies including Shell, Total and Glencore, to aid their voting decisions at the companies' shareholder meetings.

  • ECB's Elderson urges banks to set transition plans to meet incoming regulation

    14 March 2024

    Banks have been urged to publish "Paris-compatible transition plans" to prepare for upcoming legal requirements, by a member of the executive board of the European Central Bank (ECB).

  • Canada publishes draft sustainability disclosure standards

    14 March 2024
  • Iceland raises €750m from sovereign green bond debut

    14 March 2024

    Iceland has raised €750 million ($820 million) from its inaugural sovereign green bond, with the debut deal more than nine times oversubscribed.

  • NZBA updates guidelines on climate target setting

    14 March 2024
  • Robeco to partner with Swiss pension funds on engagement

    14 March 2024
  • Natural capital investment 'very much aligned with fiduciary duty'

    14 March 2024

    Pension fund manager London CIV said natural capital investments should be considered as closely aligned with the fiduciary duty of asset managers to clients, but perhaps needs the market to "really think" about what that duty means.