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Transition plan rules 'should require disclosure of' expected climate impact

Regulatory frameworks for disclosure of climate transition plans should require companies to explain what impact they expect their plans to have on greenhouse gas emissions, ClarityAI has suggested.

Landmark Slovenian social bond sends 'Samurai' sustainable bond market to record highs

Slovenia has raised JPY50 billion ($345 million) from a dual-tranche Japanese yen-denominated social bond, which is the first 'Samurai' social bond issued by a sovereign.

Global biodiversity metric being developed by engineering giant

Danish engineering giant Ramboll is developing an open-source global biodiversity metric to help standardise assessments and improve reporting.

Hard for recycling companies to be 'commercially successful', warns BNP Paribas

Financing and adoption challenges means recycling companies will find it hard to be commercially successful, BNP Paribas Asset Management has warned, adding that companies with "good technologies" are still failing.

Transition plans can help dispel malaise in sustainable finance markets, ESMA says

More widespread publication of credible climate transition plans could drive "broader willingness to invest in transitioning firms", in the face of a drop-off in allocations to European sustainability-themed funds, according to the EU's securities markets regulator.

AI and biodiversity top engagement priorities for Federated Hermes

BaFin backs replacing SFDR Articles 8 and 9, defining transition investments

Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has backed the creation of three product designations to address investor misuse of the existing Articles 8 and 9 as labels in the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR).

Scenario analysis, policy advocacy among biggest gaps in investor transition plans, Ceres finds

Only a handful of North America's largest investors use climate scenarios as part of strategic investment decision-making, and only about half provide information on their climate advocacy, according to a Ceres analysis of their transition plans.

Costa Rica 'almost done' with framework ahead of 2025 sustainable bond debut

Costa Rica is planning to issue its debut sovereign sustainable bond in the first half of 2025, but the Latin American country is not currently looking to use the sustainability-linked bond format like some regional peers.