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SEC rules may 'compel' companies to link pay to ESG, commissioner says

Rules that require US-listed companies to describe the link between financial performance and how much they pay their executives could mean that boards feel "compelled" to link remuneration to sustainability metrics, a senior official suggested.

Shrinking sovereign greenium 'can no longer be taken for granted'

Worsening market liquidity is shrinking the size of the 'greenium' for sovereign, sub-sovereign, supranational and agency (SSA) green bond issuers...

Aviva invests £73m in social housing trust

US states target ESG investment as US SIF hits back at 'political' attacks

Politicians in two US states have launched anti-environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment policies, whilst the US SIF has published an 'ESG Truths' website amid growing "politically motivated and simplistic attacks" on ESG in the country.

'Come on in, the water is fine' in impact, investor tells charities

The Friends Provident Foundation (FPF) has pledged to almost triple its investments in Snowball's impact fund, in a call for capitalised charities to switch from grant-making to impact investing.

Countries can learn from US climate bill ahead of COP, says Impax

The landmark US Inflation Reduction Act should instruct countries preparing to gather at the UN climate conference in November on how they can bolster emissions reductions plans and tackle ballooning energy and food price rises, according to Impax.

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UN Race to Zero readies 'compliance mechanism'

UN-backed climate campaign Race to Zero (RTZ) has confirmed further information on its 'compliance mechanism' will be published in September, with a major partner welcoming plans to remove members who fail to meet its strengthened criteria.

Don't rush into regulating data providers, says Japan's FSA

Supervisors should not rush into regulating data providers while work to understand their "increasingly important" role in capital markets is ongoing, said Satoshi Ikeda, chief sustainable finance officer of the Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA).