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Investors encouraged to set nature-inclusive 'just transition' expectations

Investors have been urged to set 'just transition' expectations that also factor in aspects relating to nature, in a report by the Grantham Research Institute.

Introduce ESG benchmark to tackle greenwashing, says ESMA

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has recommended that the creation of minimum requirements for environmental, social and governance (ESG) benchmark indexes would help tackle examples of 'greenwashing'.

Reask and Fathom offer combined wind and flood risk models

Australian climate risk analytics firm Reask has partnered with UK flood risk modeller Fathom to offer insurers access to their combined risk data.

Asian banks encouraged to include nature-related risks

Banks in Asia have been encouraged to include nature-related risks in sustainability strategies, by WWF Singapore.

Japanese banks' portfolios misaligned with Paris Agreement, says 2DII

Japanese banks' loan books are misaligned with the Paris Agreement, said a paper written by the 2 Degrees Investing Initiative (2DII) and released by the Financial Services Agency (FSA)'s Finance Research Center.

Carbon exchange suggests ICVCM could create market bottleneck

AirCarbon Exchange (ACX), a Singapore-based exchange for carbon credits, is sceptical of plans to "audit" the quality of credits in the voluntary carbon market, led by the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM).

Robeco shares portfolio company SDG scores

Robeco has shared information on how it scores its portfolio companies on their contributions to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with the investor's clients and a group of academics.

SBTi rules out mandating annual target reviews

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has told Environmental Finance it will not mandate companies to annually review emissions reductions targets and has ruled out setting a universal base year against which to benchmark reductions.

Rise of SLBs helps labelled debt retain 19% share of European market

19% of total European bond issuance in the first half of 2022 were sustainable bonds despite a decline for social and securitised bonds, whilst sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) grew to secure more than 2% market share.