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Goldman Sachs raises $1.6bn for climate impact fund

Goldman Sachs Asset Management has raised about $1.6 billion for its first private equity fund to make direct investments in companies for positive climate impact.

Biodiversity-themed equities indices launched

Societe Generale has bought the licence to a new set of indices, developed by Solactive and data provider Iceberg Data Lab, that screen equities for biodiversity impact relative to their industry peers.

Video: Robeco's Thu Ha Chow on sustainable bonds in Asia

Thu Ha Chow, head of fixed income Asia at Robeco, shares her view on the sustainable bonds market in Asia

Moody's: ESG-driven credit risk will accelerate in 2023

Moody's Investors Service said credit risk related to environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors is set to grow in 2023, including because of rising scrutiny of company decarbonisation plans.

'Some meaningful success' on COP15 financing, says UBP

India outlines INR160bn sovereign green bond debut

India is planning to raise INR160 billion ($1.9 billion) from two debut sovereign green bonds this month, a move which a senior central bank official described as "no small step" in supporting green finance in the country.

Private market ESG solutions 'growing at 42% per year'

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) solutions for private markets is a "small but growing area" that stands to benefit from growing demand for data and information services, according to consultancy Opimas.

SEC climate disclosure rules slated for April release

Hotly anticipated rules on climate-related disclosures in the world's largest economy are slated to be published in April.

Robeco: impact washing could rise up agenda in 2023

Robeco expects greenwashing, and increasingly "impact washing", to be a potential black swan event that upsets markets in 2023.

The top 20 most read articles in 2022 - and the three big themes they reveal

A list of the top 20 most read news stories and features on Environmental Finance in 2022 reveal three key themes that dominated the news agenda during the year.