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Regulating ESG ratings: Mission impossible?
02 February 2024As regulators around the world seek to define good practice for ESG raters, they are discovering the complexities of doing so, writes Michael Hurley
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Comment: How to stay positive if you work in sustainable finance?
01 February 2024As governments fail to act, hopes rest on the ingenuity of people and technological advances, writes Peter Cripps
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Direct lending - the next frontier for SLLs?
31 January 2024There could be more bilateral sustainability-linked loans, but Alcentra tells Ahren Lester that uncertainty over the structure and market fragmentation remain headwinds
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Fiduciary duties — the frontline of the faultline
29 January 2024A large part of the fate of the planet rests on this seemingly technical issue, writes Kieron Boyle
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NBIM: 'The key improvement we would like to see is transparency'
26 January 2024How should the ESG ratings market be regulated? Norges Bank Investment Management's Elisa Cencig fields questions from Environmental Finance.
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Helping banks measure the carbon savings of energy efficiency projects
25 January 2024The quality and tradability of energy saving assets depends on the quality of the measurement and verification process, writes Denis Tanguay
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Austria: Greenium justified as there is 'no free lunch' for investors
23 January 2024Up to 60 people work on Austria's green bond reporting, Markus Stix tells Ahren Lester
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Key themes driving the ESG agenda in 2024
22 January 2024Adaptation, transition, biodiversity and inequality are areas to watch this year, writes Mariella Rice-Jones
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Energy's pivotal role in the transition to a regenerative economy
19 January 2024By 2050, renewable electricity capacity will need to be twelve times larger than it was in 2020, writes Melanie Beyeler
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TNFD's success depends on connected and contextual data
18 January 2024Technological innovations will be key to ensuring 'early adopter' TNFD reporting companies provide useful nature-related information, James Phare argues
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- A burning need for carbon finance in clean cooking
- Australia urged to integrate biodiversity into taxonomy
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