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• More turbulence forecast for EU taxonomy as expert group plots way forward

  30 November 2022

  The European Commission has been warned of further challenges that could stifle progress on its sustainability taxonomy, including in areas such as forestry and on criteria to ensure investments do not 'significantly harm' the EU's sustainability objectives.

• ESMA, ISS ESG to discuss the future of sustainable finance regulation

  29 November 2022

  The ways in which sustainable finance regulation can evolve to help investors more efficiently channel investments to support the transition to net zero is to be discussed on an Environmental Finance webinar.

• Bamboo mulls more blended finance for greater impact

  29 November 2022

  Impact investor Bamboo Capital Partners says its next fund launches will rely on public as well as private financing after finding it "almost impossible" to fundraise from private investors over the past year.

• PBAF: 'High chance' of mandatory biodiversity reporting following COP15

  29 November 2022

  The reporting of nature impacts by financial institutions is likely to become mandatory at biodiversity conference COP15, the chair of Partnership for Biodiversity Accounting Financials (PBAF) predicted.

• CBA launches 'critical' product to scale Australian carbon credits

  29 November 2022

  The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has told Environmental Finance its innovative Australian carbon credit pre-payment transaction could be "critical" to de-risk and scale the market in the absence of futures.

• EU asks regulator to 'consider merit' of Taxonomy-linked green loan label

  28 November 2022

  The European Commission has asked the European Banking Authority (EBA) to "consider the merits" of creating a "green loan label" based on the EU Taxonomy.

• Central banks 'right to support pricing of climate impacts', says Bank of Japan

  28 November 2022

  Central banks should support financial institutions in accounting for the "negative externalities" of greenhouse gas emissions, including by providing finance to encourage the transition, according to the deputy governor of the Bank of Japan.

• Mirova eyes biodiversity 'certificates' to enhance project profitability

  28 November 2022

  Mirova hopes the nascent market for biodiversity "certificates" could increase the profitability of its investments in nature-based projects, an executive has said...

• Carbon exchanges key to improving transparency on pricing, says FMSB

  28 November 2022

  The Financial Markets Standards Board (FMSB) says the voluntary carbon markets could be made more robust with greater transparency on pricing in exchange listings.

• Federated Hermes eyes 'impact' tech stocks

  28 November 2022

  Technology companies that thrive in environmental, social and governance (ESG) indexes, but "just fall short" of counting as 'impactful' companies, are being closely monitored by Federated Hermes as potential investment opportunities.