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Schroder BSC Social Impact (SBSI) Trust hopes to raise £26m

Schroder BSC Social Impact (SBSI) Trust is planning to raise a further £26 million ($35m) from investors.

Investors welcome UK's plans for mandatory transition reporting

Investors and NGOs have given a cautious welcome to the UK's plans to introduce mandatory reporting for financial firms on their transition strategies.

$4.5trn of investors threaten Big Four over decarbonisation auditing

A group of investors representing over $4.5 trillion have written to the UK 'big four' audit firms, threatening to vote against their reappointment if they fail to address issues surrounding decarbonisation.

IFRS standards set global path to mandatory climate reporting - IOSCO

The publication of prototype international standards for climate-related disclosure is one of the first steps on "a pathway to mandatory reporting" across more than 100 jurisdictions, according to the chair of a body of regulators.

Global climate disclosure standards prototype gets COP26 launch

UK pledges to become 'world's first net-zero financial centre'

The UK government will require financial institutions to publish net-zero transition plans from 2023, in a move it claims will make the UK the "world's first net-zero aligned financial centre".

COP26 round-up, 2 November: India, deforestation and methane

A brief summary of the biggest news related to COP26 in Glasgow on 2 November.

Ground-breaking BlackRock public-private EM climate fund exceeds target

BlackRock has announced its flagship public-private financing Emerging Market (EM) climate infrastructure investment fund has raised more than $670 million...

CFA releases global ESG disclosure standards for investment products

The Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute has released the first voluntary global ESG disclosure standards for investment products.

NZAMI to help VCs set interim net-zero targets

The Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative (NZAMI) is creating a way for venture capitalists (VCs) to set interim net-zero targets...