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Impact fundraising grew rapidly in North America in 2022, says Preqin

Impact investing has continued to gain traction in North America despite the ESG backlash in the US, according to a report.

ICE extends coverage of impact data to answer growing investor demand

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has extended its data coverage relating to the alignment of investments with UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to 50,000 companies and 1.2 million securities, in partnership with Util.

Goldman Sachs launches two sustainable bond funds

Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) has launched two sustainable bond funds, focused on the US dollar and corporate bond market.

ICVCM finalises carbon credit certification assessment

The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) has finalised its carbon credit benchmark, by launching criteria on how to assess which carbon credit categories are eligible for its "best-in-class" certification label.

Loan round-up: Allkem, RetuRO, Sanasa ... and more

Follow This' Big Oil resolutions 'too prescriptive', says LGIM head

Shareholder resolutions that asked Big Oil to strengthen their climate plans were "too prescriptive", according to a senior figure at one of Europe's largest asset managers.

UK nature fund almost ready for private investors

A UK-focused nature-based solutions fund co-designed and co-managed by Finance Earth and Federated Hermes is preparing to open for private investors, Environmental Finance learned.

Bond round-up: Mexico, African Development Bank, Chile ... and more

Google chosen to develop free ESG data platform

A consortium including a subsidiary of tech giant Google has been selected to build a free-to-use platform for climate data.

Central banks: we need better transition data to inform monetary policy

Central banks have called for a framework to help them determine which aspects of the climate transition are relevant to monetary policy, and better data to inform their decisions.