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AFII: Sell Euro carbon-intensive bonds ahead of ECB sell-off

Investors have been urged to sell their euro-denominated corporate bond holdings in carbon-intensive firms ahead of an expected wind-down of the €340 billion ($364 billion) ...

REPowerEU's 'raid' on ETS reserves will lower carbon prices

WisdomTree has criticised the EU's plan to "raid" the Market Stability Reserve of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), as part of the EU's plan to wean off Russian fossil fuels.

UK insurers set five-point plan to maximise climate risk management

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has called on the UK government to fulfil five actions needed for the insurance sector to further tackle climate change.

Exclusive: Sustainalytics to launch transition ratings

Sustainalytics is to launch climate transition ratings for companies by the end of the year, Environmental Finance has learned.

Weakened EU ETS legislation blocked by Parliament

The European Parliament unexpectedly voted against the extension of the EU's emissions trading system (ETS) on Wednesday, following opposing views on climate ambition.

Debut Singapore green bond expected in 'coming months'

A debut sovereign green bond issuance by Singapore is expected in 'coming months' after the Southeast Asian city-state published its green bond framework.

Loan round-up: Harmony Gold, Neste, Silver Fern Farms, Anglo American ... and more

Canadian engagement initiative identifies 40 target companies

A list of 40 Canada-listed companies that will be targets of investor pressure on climate-related issues has been published by a burgeoning collaborative engagement initiative.

Bridges raises £350m for 'dark green' real estate impact fund

Sovereigns scoring worse than Russia on ESG merit investor scrutiny, says Verisk

Verisk Maplecroft has called for 'fresh scrutiny' of fifteen states it assigned lower sovereign environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings than Russia for both ethical and credit risk reasons, including Turkey and Egypt.