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EU GBS 'not overly costly' for leading utility green bond issuers, says IEEFA

Major European utility sector issuers of green bonds should not find it "overly costly" to switch to issuing EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS)-compliant bonds to use the landmark legislation to demonstrate their "better management of transition risk", according to a think tank.

Bloomberg to host CSRD data on terminal

Bloomberg is to launch a new offering to provide access to the ESG data companies will report under EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).

Controversial ExxonMobil lawsuit dismissed

The Texas District Court has dismissed a lawsuit by oil and gas giant ExxonMobil described as an "attack on shareholder democracy".

Morningstar Sustainalytics looking for companies to set nature targets

Morningstar Sustainalytics has told Environmental Finance that it is looking for companies within its engagement programme to start setting nature-related targets.

Bond round-up: EDF, Heidelberg Materials, PostNL ... and more

Indosuez launches €70m fixed-maturity green bond fund

Indosuez Wealth Management has launched a €70 million ($75 million) actively managed green bond fund with a fixed maturity of 2028.

CA100+ companies 'not walking the talk on climate', says AI-driven analysis

High-emitting companies targeted by investor engagement are failing to evidence the climate action promised by their public targets, an artificial intelligence (AI)-based analysis of their transition planning has found.

NGFS encourages central banks to model 'worst-case' climate impacts

The Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) has encouraged central banks to disclose the results of analysis exploring the worst-case scenario for climate-related physical and transition risks.

EU regulators pitch SFDR 'sustainability scale' and 'transition' category

EU regulators have suggested creating a category for 'transition investment' and a scale by which the relative sustainability of investments can be judged in an opinion on the review of the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation.

Microsoft and BTG Pactual announce landmark carbon credit deal

BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group (TIG) has agreed to provide Microsoft with eight million nature-based carbon removal credits, believed to be the largest carbon removal transaction to date.