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Funds with higher transition 'scores' outperformed peers - MSCI
16 March 2026Funds with a higher average score for climate transition readiness generally performed better than their peers, according to analysis by MSCI.
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Canada told to stop climate 'flip-flopping' ahead of taxonomy announcement
13 March 2026Canada's government has been told to stop "flip-flopping" on climate policy, as a major pension fund warned that indecision was costly to long-term investment in the economy.
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Sustainable Debt EMEA 2026: early bird ends on Friday
13 March 2026The early bird rate for Environmental Finance's 14th annual Sustainable Debt EMEA conference ends on Friday, so register now to save 20%. Environmental Finance subscribers receive a further 30% discount.
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Emirates NBD: 'Banks need to share what we see as credible transition metrics'
13 March 2026Commercial banks have been encouraged to start publicly sharing the transition metrics they consider are "credible" for companies in critical hard-to-abate sectors to help the market identify "what good looks like" in transition finance.
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Nest threatens to vote against chair if companies scale back climate commitments
12 March 2026Nest has updated its voting policy to make clear that it "may vote against the chair of a company that has materially scaled back its climate strategy without adequate explanation".
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Development Bank of Rwanda launches third sustainability-linked bond
12 March 2026The Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD) is planning to raise at least RWF23 billion ($15.7 million) from its third sustainability-linked bond (SLB), as the performance-based instrument continues to see issuance volumes contract.
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EU-US regulatory divergence points to 'chaotic transition', says T Rowe Price
12 March 2026The US repeal of the central legal foundation for federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions, and concurrent regulatory changes in the EU point to "a chaotic transition" ahead, one of the world's largest asset managers has warned.
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'It is the first time I am optimistic about Canadian transition finance progress'
11 March 2026There is optimism that Canada will finally develop a transition taxonomy, but a fixed income investor remained cautious about its potential for sustainable bonds.
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Transparency doesn't guarantee transition, UK pension funds warned
11 March 2026The UK government's approach to promoting sustainability has been "governance-heavy and disclosure-centric", stopping capital from being deployed to tackle climate change, delegates at a conference heard.
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US firms excluding proposals will be focus of investor scrutiny, says Northern Trust
11 March 2026Several US companies that have omitted shareholder proposals from a vote at their AGM will be subject to close investor scrutiny in coming weeks, according to a large asset manager.
- Place-based impact for the net zero economy
- IFC mandates benchmark five-year US dollar green bond
- Changing the conversation on nature finance
- ASTM publishes inaugural green finance framework
- SFDR vote delayed amid disagreement on transition category
- IFC issues inaugural euro green benchmark, while dollar deal tightens by 4bps
- Making green guarantees profitable
- Biggest insurers failing to get to grips with adaptation, says ShareAction
- Exclusive: Standard Life among financial institutions in 'just transition' pilot
- TenneT Germany plans inaugural bond issuance with EuGB