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Federated Hermes to 'intensify' engagement on biodiversity
14 February 2024Federated Hermes has said it will "intensify" engagement on biodiversity, as investor and policy pressure to act continues to rise.
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Green bond investors eschew EDF 'nuclear' green bond
14 February 2024Dedicated green bond investors largely avoided the ground-breaking 'nuclear' green bond from French energy firm EDF, according to Barclays - but there was "good demand" from sustainable investors more widely.
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SDG data platform building use of AI to identify investments
13 February 2024An impact-focused data platform pioneered by Dutch asset owners APG and PGGM is increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) to supplement human input, its research director has said.
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Snam steps away from transition bonds with green, SLB deal
13 February 2024Snam has raised €1.5 billion ($1.6 billion) from a dual-tranche green and sustainability-linked bond, as the Italian energy infrastructure firm stepped back from the 'transition' bond label it helped pioneer.
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Embrace the 'regenerative edge' of agriculture investments, says SLM
13 February 2024Investors have been urged to tap into the 'regenerative edge' that agriculture investments can provide, but nature investor Sustainable Land management Partners (SLM) warned about needing to be "realistic" about its limitations.
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Fitch: Real estate slump sinks offshore Chinese sustainable bond market
13 February 2024Offshore Chinese sustainable bond issuance slumped a third in 2023 as issuance from the country's ailing property sector contracted significantly, according to Sustainable Fitch - but onshore issuance continued to grow.
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Chinese exchanges consult on ISSB-style disclosure expectations
13 February 2024Listed companies in China are to be required to explain results of climate-related scenario analysis under disclosure 'guidelines' published by Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges.
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Global Biodiversity Fund put into operation
13 February 2024The 'landmark' Global Biodiversity Framework Fund was put into operation over the weekend, with Spain becoming the latest government to commit capital to the fund.
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UK introduces 'game changing' mandatory biodiversity credit legislation
12 February 2024The UK government has introduced legislation which mandates the use of biodiversity credits for building developers, with investors saying this is a "game changer" for nature investment.
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Snam secures inaugural Moody's net-zero plan score
12 February 2024Snam has been awarded the inaugural Moody's 'Net Zero Assessment' (NZA) score, with the Italian energy infrastructure firm praised for its "clear" Scope 1 and 2 emissions reduction plan but was warned of challenging Scope 3 "hurdles".
- Human rights impacts should be part of nature disclosure
- Comment: Please stop talking about David Attenborough
- Using the SDGs to invest in sovereign debt
- AI data centre sustainable debt spurs innovation - and risk
- Sovereign 'tension' with corporate sustainable bond investments needs addressing
- Lloyds launches UK food and nature resilience fund
- Allianz & Zurich launch blended finance investment company
- US-Iran conflict shows NGFS assumptions 'don't hold' amid fragmented transition
- RGREEN Invest raises €500m for fourth infrastructure debt fund
- ING remains upbeat on sustainable debt, despite slow start to year