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Financial institution SFDR reports fail to explain adverse impacts, regulators say
28 September 2023Financial institutions need to improve how they explain why they do not consider the adverse impacts of their investment decisions, EU regulators have said.
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Australian companies lagging in net-zero targets, says Climate Action 100+
28 September 2023Australian companies are "lagging in their climate ambition", according to assessments by Climate Action 100+ (CA100+).
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Report reveals top insurers of US coal
28 September 2023Global insurers AIG, Liberty Mutual, Lloyd's of London, Swiss Re and Zurich are among the top insurers of US coal mining, according to findings from Insure Our Future and Public Citizen.
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Green bond regulation, SFDR guidance among ESMA's 2024 priorities
28 September 2023The EU's securities markets regulator has said it will "seek to improve the overall consistency and efficiency of the regulatory framework" governing sustainable finance in its 'strategic priorities' for next year, as it awaits the result of a review of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR).
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Loan round-up: Watches of Switzerland, Hallett Group, StorHub... and more
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SME GHG emissions reporting 'disjointed', says Bankers for Net-Zero
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ESG in Fixed Income Americas 2023: BlackRock: 'transition investments are green'
28 September 2023BlackRock considers credible transition projects to be 'green', rather than putting them into a transition category, an Environmental Finance conference heard.
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Insurance Risk & Capital Americas 2023: Climate change already making some perils 'uninsurable'
27 September 2023Climate change has been named as one of the biggest headwinds facing the insurance industry by a panel of risk experts, with its effects already making some perils uninsurable.
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ESG in Fixed Income Americas 2023: Export Development Canada to issue first green bond since 2019
27 September 2023After not issuing a green bond since 2019, Export Development Canada has revealed to Environmental Finance that it will issue a green bond soon, and is considering its first-ever 'orange' bond.
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Bond round-up: KfW, Snam, Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank ... and more
27 September 2023
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