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• Industry groups warn of 'damaging' ETS intervention from lawmakers

  16 February 2022

  A group of 10 industry bodies has warned that the European Commission may be considering "damaging interventions" in the EU's carbon market, including introducing position limits or restricting trading by financial institutions.

• AXA IM launches social and sustainable bond fund

  15 February 2022

  AXA Investment Managers (IM) has launched a €30 million ($34 million) social and sustainable bond fund, with a focus on job creation, affordable housing and healthcare.

• ICMA urges EU taxonomy flexibility to ensure usability - Updated

  15 February 2022

  The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has urged the EU to make its taxonomy "flexible" in key areas, including 'do no significant harm' disclosure requirements and the 'grandfathering' of current green bonds.

• WEF: Private sector must push nature investment policy

  15 February 2022

  Private financial actors must pressure governments to implement strategies to encourage more investment in nature, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has said.

• Cardano aims to combat 'tremendous' greenwashing risk

  15 February 2022

  Cardano is developing a framework to describe how investors influence decarbonisation, to try to tackle the "tremendous" risk of 'greenwashing' presented by net-zero strategies,...

• Asia-Pacific 'ripe' for sovereign sustainable bond issuance, says Moody's

  15 February 2022

  Asia-Pacific's (APAC) need for finance to help it recover from the pandemic, as well as the region's focus on the transition to a low-carbon economy,...

• Asia's first ESG engagement fund to launch

  15 February 2022

  An ESG engagement fund has been announced by Japanese insurance company Meiji Yasuda (MY)

• Data firms team up on SFDR compliance product

  15 February 2022

  Advisory firm LPA and data provider Globalance have partnered to extend coverage of a tool for sustainability analysis of investment portfolios to help meet EU sustainability reporting requirements.

• Aviva lends backing to sovereign climate reporting proposals

  14 February 2022

  Aviva Investors has expressed its support for a proposed standardised climate and nature disclosure framework for sovereign issuers, which the investor said would help its research and engagement.

• Asian sustainable high-yield credit fund launched

  14 February 2022

  A fund that will invest in Asian high-yield credit 'displaying strong sustainability profiles', has been launched.