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  • 'Walking the walk on decarbonisation' can lead to higher borrowing costs, finds MSCI

    15 July 2025

    Debt issuers that are "on track" or "partially on track" with climate targets can face higher borrowing costs than firms that were not on track, according to a white paper by MSCI.

  • Disappointment as UK abandons plans for green taxonomy

    15 July 2025

    The UK government has scrapped plans to create a green taxonomy like the EU's, citing market feedback which criticised implementation of the latter and led the UK to prioritise work in other areas including transition planning.

  • TNFD 'concerned' about EU reporting delays leaving nature risk 'invisible'

    15 July 2025

    The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has told Environmental Finance it is concerned by the EU delaying reporting requirements on nature-related issues.

  • AI, data centres primed to drive sustainable bond volumes and innovation

    14 July 2025

    Artificial intelligence (AI) and the development of digital infrastructure projects is set to be an "important" source of potential growth in sustainable bond issuance, according to Generali Asset Management (Generali AM).

  • FSB could drop climate work amid 'US pushback'

    14 July 2025

    The Financial Stability Board (FSB) could abandon its work on climate risks, after a progress report revealed a rift between member countries on the importance of the topic.

  • TNFD proposes CSRD nature data consolidation

    14 July 2025

    The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has called on the EU to streamline the number of nature disclosure points under the CSRD, to help "reduce the reporting burden" on companies.

  • GPIF 'monitoring' stewardship of managers who exited CA100+

    14 July 2025

    The world's largest pension fund said it is "concerned about" widespread departures of asset managers from collaborative engagement initiatives including Climate Action 100+ as it looks to step up its monitoring of stewardship activities of its other managers.

  • Guy Carpenter warns of "growing protection gap" in flood-risk areas of US

    14 July 2025

    Riverine flooding in Texas last week "underscores the growing protection gap in areas where flood risk is high, but perceived risk and insurance uptake remains low," according to a briefing note from Guy Carpenter yesterday.

  • Forestry investors back natural capital accounting pilot

    14 July 2025

    Major forestry investors including Climate Asset Management, Mercer and New Forests have joined a natural capital accounting pilot, along with the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD).

  • HSBC quits NZBA

    12 July 2025

    HSBC has become the latest bank to quit the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA).