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Australian industry drowning under sustainability requirements, says Fiona Reynolds
14 March 2023Companies and institutional investors in Australia are "drowning" in a flood of new sustainability requirements, ex-Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) head Fiona Reynolds has said.
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CDC Biodiversité to add three sectors to biodiversity footprint tool
14 March 2023CDC is planning to expand its biodiversity footprinting tool to enable simplified assessments of three sectors in more detail, as asset managers trial the methodology with private portfolio companies.
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Bank of England to explore whether climate capital requirements needed
13 March 2023The Bank of England said it will "explore whether changes to the macroprudential framework might be appropriate" to help protect against climate risks,...
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ECB: Climate disclosures a 'priority' for structured finance assets
13 March 2023Encouraging climate-related disclosures on the assets underpinning structured finance products is a "priority", the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) and European Central Bank (ECB) said in a joint statement.
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RepRisk launches tool to address ESG ratings opacity
13 March 2023Credit research institute I-CV and ESG data business RepRisk have launched ESG Radar
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Zurich excludes five fossil-fuel companies with non-credible transition plans
13 March 2023Zurich has excluded five companies from its investment and underwriting activities as it no longer considered their "progress against transition plans to be credible".
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US regulator recommends creating category for environmental derivatives
10 March 2023A commissioner at the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has recommended the creation of a team to tackle greenwashing in derivatives markets
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Sustainalytics launches 'low carbon transition ratings'
10 March 2023Sustainalytics has launched Low Carbon Transition Ratings, which it said "provide investors with a forward-looking assessment of a company's current alignment to a net-zero pathway", as previously reported by Environmental Finance.
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Federated Hermes, Finance Earth nature fund 'key' for UK biodiversity net gain projects
10 March 2023A UK nature impact fund co-managed by Finance Earth and Federated Hermes aims to be a key source of investment for peatland, woodland and biodiversity net gain (BNG) projects across the UK, according to an executive at Finance Earth
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Brazil confirms sovereign sustainability bond debut plans for 2023
10 March 2023Brazil has confirmed that it is currently planning to issue a debut sustainability bond in 2023, rather than follow regional peers such as Chile and Uruguay with a sustainability-linked bond.
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