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Australian companies lagging in net-zero targets, says Climate Action 100+
28 September 2023Australian companies are "lagging in their climate ambition", according to assessments by Climate Action 100+ (CA100+).
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Green bond regulation, SFDR guidance among ESMA's 2024 priorities
28 September 2023The EU's securities markets regulator has said it will "seek to improve the overall consistency and efficiency of the regulatory framework" governing sustainable finance in its 'strategic priorities' for next year, as it awaits the result of a review of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR).
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La Banque Postale launches €1bn impact infra debt fund
27 September 2023 -
Investor collaboration leads to more successful engagement, survey finds
27 September 2023 -
Insurance Risk and Capital Americas 2023: US anti-ESG backlash is 'political risk', insurers say
27 September 2023US politicians have hijacked the ESG debate, making the job of insurers to manage their climate risk much more difficult, according to panellists at the Insurance Risk and Capital Americas 2023 conference.
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TNFD requires faster adoption than TCFD, says UK treasury minister
26 September 2023International adoption of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosure (TNFD) disclosure recommendations "must go faster" than adoption of the equivalent framework for climate, a junior minister at the UK treasury has urged.
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Natural Capital Investment Americas 2023: TNFD 'will need filtering before integration into ISSB'
26 September 2023The recently released recommendations of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) will need to be "filtered" before being integrated into the standards created by the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), one of the IFRS Foundation's directors has suggested.
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DWS fined $19m by SEC for 'misleading' ESG statements
25 September 2023 -
ISS ESG asks for feedback on its corporate ratings amid regulatory upheaval
25 September 2023ISS ESG has for the first time requested public feedback on its ESG Corporate Ratings, to inform its development of the product "in a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape".
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TNFD's additional disclosure metrics welcomed by data providers
21 September 2023Additional disclosure points in the Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) final disclosure framework, which look to further identify social factors and 'priority locations', have been welcomed by ESG data providers.
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Green revenues to smash $5trn by 2025, FTSE Russell estimates
21 September 2023 -
CDP and NZDPU partner on free climate data repository
21 September 2023 -
US SEC adopts fund naming rules to tackle greenwashing
21 September 2023The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is to require funds claiming environmental, social and governance (ESG) characteristics to prove they invest in line with the claim, under changes to its Names Rule designed to "prevent misleading or deceptive investment fund names".
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- Insurance Risk & Capital Americas 2023: Climate change already making some perils 'uninsurable'
- ESG in Fixed Income Americas 2023: Export Development Canada to issue first green bond since 2019
- Financial institution SFDR reports fail to explain adverse impacts, regulators say
- Berkshire Hills: Issuing a sustainable bond is a 'no brainer'
- Insurance Risk and Capital Americas 2023: US anti-ESG backlash is 'political risk', insurers say
- Bond round-up: KfW, Snam, Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank ... and more
- Platform launched to 'unify' carbon credit verification, impact and pricing data
- Natural Capital Investment Americas 2023: NA100 a 'really powerful vehicle', conference hears
- La Banque Postale launches €1bn impact infra debt fund