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  • Sustainable investors brace for Trump victory

    06 November 2024

    Republican candidate Donald Trump has won his second term as president after defeating Democrat rival Kamala Harris, posing fresh questions about US commitment to tackling climate change.

  • NGFS says updated scenarios signal two-to-four-times higher physical impacts

    05 November 2024

    The Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) group of central banks and supervisors has called for more ambitious policies to tackle the 'first order' risk of climate change, as its updated scenarios showed two-to-four-times bigger physical impacts than its previous iterations.

  • Transition plan guidance published for EU disclosure rules

    05 November 2024

    Draft guidance has been published to help organisations preparing to report in line with EU disclosure regulations create climate mitigation transition plans.

  • EU green bond market expected to 'pick up' after recent share 'dip'

    05 November 2024

    The European Environment Agency (EEA) expects the share of corporate and government green bonds in the EU bond market to "pick up" in the future after 2023 saw the first decline in market share contraction since 2018.

  • Abrdn and Palladium Group launch nature investment partnership

    05 November 2024

    Asset manager abrdn and impact advisory firm Palladium Group have launched a programme to invest in nature regeneration sites across Scotland.

  • Geopolitics now a 'very complex issue' for sustainability, says Ma Jun

    05 November 2024

    Geopolitics is making the sustainable transition increasingly difficult, with room for multilateral cooperation diminishing, Chinese environmentalist Ma Jun has said.

  • Scotland launches strategy to scale up nature markets

    05 November 2024

    The Scottish government has launched a strategy to scale up private investment in high-integrity nature markets, specifically looking at how to use blended finance.

  • Shareholders expect us to be sustainable, says Swire

    04 November 2024

    Shareholders in global conglomerate Swire are asking fewer questions about its sustainability because they already expect them to be sustainable, Environmental Finance has heard.

  • Members network to push for 'global norms' on transition plans after TPT disbands

    04 November 2024

    A membership network is set for launch that will "support the development of global norms for transition plans", the Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) revealed in a report marking the end of the taskforce.

  • Natixis: Repos invaluable for 'working sustainable assets harder'

    04 November 2024

    Sustainable repos are increasingly being recognised for their value in "working sustainable assets harder," according to Natixis - including "crowding in" underutilised asset categories in the sustainable bond market.