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TNFD using AI to track reporting uptake

The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has begun using artificial intelligence to track the number of organisations carrying out nature reporting.

Valuing climate resilience: the next frontier for financial markets

The building blocks of a resilience market are starting to come into place, write Stephanie Pfeifer and Leslie Maasdorp

Sustainable debt round-up: Intesa Sanpaolo, California Community Choice Financing Authority, Snam ... and more

SFDR agreement criticised for allowing fossil fuels in transition funds

EU countries agreed that companies deriving large revenues from fossil fuels could qualify for 'transition' funds under the bloc's flagship Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), in move widely criticised by NGOs.

UK urged to launch sovereign transition bond

The Transition Finance Council (TFC) will explore how more transition-related financial products could be launched, a London Climate Action Week event has heard.

Banks' uneven progress on sustainability flagged in UNEP FI survey

Weaknesses in banks' management of sustainability risks have been flagged in a report that points to the need for improved disclosure of forward-looking information.

MSCI in $120m physical risk data deal

The arms race to provide physical climate risk data escalated today as ESG data provider MSCI announced the $120 million acquisition of First Street, and Sustainalytics revealed a new collaboration with data providers.

Resilience debt growth requires 'systematic' approach - and insurer involvement

Markets should be more "systematic" in how they "match-up" adaptation and resilience debt structures with investors who directly benefit from the outcomes, in particular insurance companies.

Unlikely to be 'universal agreement of credibility' for transition finance

Although the market is unlikely to ever identify a global view around assessing transition finance credibility, Schroders told an Environmental Finance event in Singapore that there is room for focusing on "uniform elements" to apply globally.

'Sovereigns are still lagging with blue bonds'

There is strong progress with blue bonds in Latin America and Asia, but the Blue Bond Accelerator (BBA) told an Environment Finance event in Singapore that crucial sovereign issuers are lagging behind.