Investor group urges banks to set enhanced net zero targets

'Dividing line' between transition and business strategies is fading fast

The convergence of climate transition and financial business strategies is becoming more prominent and is helping drive greater sophistication in transition planning by issuers, sustainable finance experts told an Environmental Finance event.

Financial accounting of net-zero commitments? Not yet, IASB says

A decision on whether net-zero commitments should be recognised under IAS 37 lays bare an expectation gap between backward-looking financial accounting and forward-looking sustainability perspectives. Vincent Huck reports

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EU looks to UK, US policies, with no clear way forward for SFDR

The European Commission is monitoring developments such as anti-greenwashing rules and sustainability labelling schemes in the US and UK as it mulls how it can improve the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR).

Impax warns investor sentiment towards green funds could sour

The founding CEO of Impax Asset Management has warned that another disappointing year of returns for 'green' listed equities funds could cause investor sentiment to sour.