Transition

Achmea looking to expand 'reinclusion list' policy amid transition debt headwind

Achmea Investment Management (IM) is looking into expanding its policy of allowing individual energy issuers to be removed from their "quite extensive" exclusion list to other sectors, as it is a "good policy" when tackling transition fixed income themes.

Korea East-West Power tests waters with $500m transition bond

A $500 million transition bond issued by Korea East-West Power, understood to be the world's first transition bond aligned with International Capital Market Association (ICMA) guidelines will likely test the appetite for the emerging structure.

Fossil fuel category included in Canadian taxonomy proposals

A category for 'abatement measures' that incorporates fossil fuels has been included in proposals for Canada's 'green and transition taxonomy', in what was described as a "novel" element for taxonomies globally.

SFDR vote delayed amid disagreement on transition category

A key vote on the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) is to be delayed until September amid disagreement on issues including eligibility criteria for a transition category, Environmental Finance understands.

Temasek 'unlikely' to meet 2030 targets due to hard-to-abate holdings

Singaporean investor Temasek said it is unlikely to meet its 2030 targets for reducing portfolio emissions, blaming "today's realities", and has placed its 2050 decarbonisation plan under review.

Chinese central bank extending green incentives to transition finance, says Ma

The People's Bank of China (PBoC) plans to extend the incentives it offers for green lending to also drive the growth of transition finance in the country, an expert said.

Exclusive: Standard Life among financial institutions in 'just transition' pilot

Standard Life, Swedbank Robur and Ökoworld have begun a pilot initiative to develop methodologies to embed 'just transition' metrics into financial products and stewardship activities, in work led by Germany's Climate & Company.

Remove coal exclusion in SFDR transition category, PRI says

Fund managers should be allowed to invest in companies with significant exposure to coal via a new 'transition' category in the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) said.

Essential to resist fossil fuel lobby to water down ETS, says ECB's Elderson

It is "essential" that the EU preserves the credibility of its Emissions Trading System (ETS) and resists a fossil fuel "lobby to water [it] down", a board member of the European Central Bank said.

Kawasaki launches transition bond for liquefied hydrogen supply chain

'Paris-aligned benchmarks' out of favour in fragmented transition, Lazard says

Asset owners are increasingly critical of passive climate investment strategies amid concerns that they do not capture the growing complexity of the energy transition, an asset manager said.

US-Iran conflict shows NGFS assumptions 'don't hold' amid fragmented transition

Idiosyncratic policy responses to disruption from the US-Iran conflict show that old assumptions around the climate transition "don't hold anymore" and require a rethink of widely used scenarios, an expert argued.

Sovereign 'tension' with corporate sustainable bond investments needs addressing

Institutional investors should find ways to address the "tension" emerging between how they manage their corporate and sovereign bond portfolios around decarbonisation, according to an influential fixed income expert.

Japan struggling to attract international investors on transition

Some Japanese issuers are facing challenges attracting more international institutional investors to transition-labelled products despite their popularity with domestic investors, London Climate Action Week has heard.