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'Policy must be clear, durable and credible for institutional investors', IIGCC tells new UK leader

The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) has highlighted five priority policy areas for new UK prime minister Andy Burnham to create investable climate opportunities at scale.

UK deforestation regulation clear 'investment signal'

New UK deforestation regulation could create "long-term market opportunities", investors have told Environmental Finance, while urging alignment with the EU.

Impax to focus on social risks and opportunities of AI

Impax Asset Management will increasingly focus on the governance and use of artificial intelligence (AI), having identified the technology - and its social impact - as a key cross-cutting issue across its portfolio.

Adaptation taxonomy would reveal who is burying head in sand, says Impax

An industry-led adaptation taxonomy would help identify companies addressing physical climate risk, according to Impax Asset Management.

Adaptation can become as important for investors as the transition, says Impax

Growing awareness of physical risks is fuelling investor interest in adaptation, says Impax Asset Management, which believes the theme could become as important as the energy transition.

Being on the wrong side of deforestation poses significant risks, says Impax

More investors are considering the potential impact of deforestation risk on their portfolios as new regulations aimed at addressing the issue come into force, according to Impax Asset Management.

Green bond market unprepared for adaptation push

While there is growing interest in adaptation-related issuance, many issuers - both sovereign and corporate - are unprepared to come to market, according to several speakers at a sustainable bonds conference in London.

Expect investors to push for more ambitious NDCs before COP29, says Impax

IRA response, national transition plan on investor wish list for next UK government

A UK response to the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and a national transition plan head a list of actions an investor group has urged the next UK government to implement with urgency, as the country prepares for a general election.

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