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Macquarie-led consortium acquires remaining stake in UK's National Gas
26 July 2024 -
SBTi consults on draft net zero standard for financial institutions
26 July 2024 -
EU sustainability due diligence directive enters force
26 July 2024 -
Net Zero Asset Managers initiative observes rise of 'bespoke targets', as membership swells
26 July 2024The Net Zero Asset Managers (NZAM) initiative has noted a rise in signatories setting decarbonisation targets using their own 'bespoke' methodologies, as the group swelled to 325 signatories representing about $57.5 trillion in assets under management.
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Majority of companies not yet ready to follow CSRD or TNFD, says data provider
26 July 2024Less than one-in-five companies are prepared to report under the EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive or the Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), NatureMetrics has found.
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GB Energy-Crown Estate partnership to channel billions into UK clean energy
25 July 2024The UK government has announced a partnership between its newly launched state-owned energy company Great British Energy and the Crown Estate, which could unlock up to £60 billion ($77.2 billion) in private investment for clean energy.
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Victory Hill fund acquires nine solar and wind European assets
25 July 2024 -
Financial institutions' taxonomy alignment close to zero, PwC study finds
25 July 2024 -
Ditch SFDR definition of sustainable investments, replace Articles 8 & 9, ESMA suggests
25 July 2024The EU should ditch the 'sustainable investment' definition in its Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and introduce a two-tier categorisation system that would effectively replace the current SFDR Articles 8 and 9, an EU regulator recommends.
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India plans climate finance taxonomy
24 July 2024India's Ministry of Finance has announced funding to create a taxonomy to attract climate finance, spanning adaptation and mitigation activities.
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'Not credible' to run transition funds from third-party data, says MetLife IM
24 July 2024It is "not credible" for investment managers to run a transition investment strategy using third-party data vendors rather than using in-house research, according to MetLife Investment Management (MetLife IM).
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UK Stewardship Code changes 'may be' concession to US signatories' fear of antitrust laws
24 July 2024Changes to the UK Stewardship Code to remove a requirement to report annually on collaborative engagement and escalation may have been designed to assuage fears particularly among US managers at violating antitrust laws, it has been suggested.
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UK told to accelerate ISSB adoption
23 July 2024 -
SLLP consider formalising 'sleeping SLL' guardrails
23 July 2024The Sustainability-Linked Loan Principles (SLLP) are preparing to formalise treatment of so-called 'sleeping SLLs' in its upcoming revision, including formalising "guardrails" to ensure these contested but "useful tools" are credible.
- 'Probably the most beautiful bond we have ever seen'
- Financial institutions' taxonomy alignment close to zero, PwC study finds
- SLLP consider formalising 'sleeping SLL' guardrails
- 'Not credible' to run transition funds from third-party data, says MetLife IM
- Environmental Finance Sustainable Loans Insight 2024
- A burning need for carbon finance in clean cooking
- Australia urged to integrate biodiversity into taxonomy
- Ditch SFDR definition of sustainable investments, replace Articles 8 & 9, ESMA suggests
- NatWest: Investors 'increasingly' asking for blue and nature bond deals
- Asset manager neglect of climate adaptation leads Brunel to take engagement 'into own hands'