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January 10, 2023

Sustainable finance bonds experience first year-on-year decline

Sustainable finance debt issuance suffered declines across bond categories in 2022. Sustainable finance bond issuances fell by more than a quarter in 2022, marking their...

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October 28, 2022

COP prep: 5 charts on stranded assets, clean energy investment and the 'emissions gap'

UN, IEA and other research published ahead of COP27 highlights clear consequences if pledges made at COP26 are not fulfilled, and the move to renewables...

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September 14, 2022

UK banks fail to measure environmental impact

A new report shows that while UK banks declare sustainability is integral to their business strategy, many are guilty of ‘saying, not doing’. UK bankers...

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August 24, 2022

European ESG issuance suffers second-quarter drop

The supply of socially responsible bonds and loans in Europe declined in the second quarter of 2022 compared with the previous year. Bonds and loans...

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August 15, 2022

German companies not ready for Scope 3 reporting, says study

Patchy Scope 3 disclosures highlight challenges of mismatching EU reporting deadlines between companies and financial firms. Only half of the companies in the German benchmark index...

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August 4, 2022

Ethnicity pay gap reporting at banks: Work still to do

Varying standards in data and reporting are holding back efforts to tackle ethnicity-related pay disparity, including in financial services, says UK campaign group, ShareAction While...

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July 18, 2022

Ukraine war and energy crisis dim ESG focus, data show

The turbulent geopolitical situation and concerns over energy security may have changed investors’ view of ESG in recent months, according to a new report, which also highlights an apparent lack...

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July 5, 2022

Fewer than 4% of financial firms have policies against oil and gas expansion, says study

Not enough lenders and investors have an oil and gas policy in place, according to new data by not-for-profit Reclaim Finance. Asset managers, investors and banks need to tighten their...

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July 5, 2022

Improving consumer awareness of carbon emissions

Educating the public can play an important role in meeting net zero targets, hope the two climate tech start-ups behind a recent initiative. During London Climate Action Week, climate tech...

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June 16, 2022

German institutional investors show greater support for ESG

Union Investment’s sustainability survey found that conviction over the importance of ESG factors has overtaken regulation as the main driver for sustainable investing in Germany. More than 80 per cent...

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June 15, 2022

Only 55% of investors have ESG policies, survey finds

Lack of management interest and of credible data are the two main barriers to adopting ESG investing policies and initiatives, according to Clearwater Analytics research. Less than half of asset managers,...

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