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Treasury and FCA exploring sustainability rules for advisers

HM Treasury and the FCA are exploring how best to introduce sustainability-related requirements for financial advisors.

Urgency

Climate change is the biggest challenge facing humanity. Rising sea levels will displace millions of people, and the economic consequences will be catastrophic unless something is done. We can’t leave saving the planet to future generations: we must

Business Payment Practices and Performance data: a useful tool in the ESG toolkit

The portal also provides reporting businesses with a public forum to demonstrate strong commitments to social and ethical practices.

TISE listings support decarbonisation of VMED O2

The company has developed the VMED O2 Green Bond Framework, which is aligned with the Green Bond Principles 2021

What is the Future for Sustainable Commercial Property?

The need to alter existing properties, for example by changing the heating apparatus, could raise potential problems between landlords and tenants as to who should bear the cost of such works.

Capital Dynamics Clean Energy Infrastructure Receives Top Rankings from GRESB in 2021 for Renewable Power

Named "Sector Leader" for Third Consecutive Year and Receives #1 Ranking in Renewable Power, Renewable Power Europe, Renewable Power Americas and Renewable Power Private Equity

Rathbones announces net zero emissions targets

Greenbank also discloses this net zero strategy today to the Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative, which it has been a signatory to since March 2021.

How Key are Transparency and Consistency to Mitigating Greenwashing Concerns?

A lack of consistency in ESG terminology is a main driver of investor confusion when it comes to identifying which companies or financial instruments conform to desired standards.

Mirabaud Advisors Acts for Investors in Sale of Photovoltaic Plant to Spanish Fund Plenium Partners

This transaction exemplifies the intense interest that large institutional funds and renewable specialists have in Spanish renewable assets.

Zurich: Firms that don’t confront climate change will lose relevance

Zurich is a self-professed climate advocate with aspirations to be “one of the most responsible and impactful companies in the world", Kalcher said.

EBRD invests in Latvia’s AST inaugural green bond

The issuance attracted strong interest from Baltic and Nordic investors; bids worth €200 million reflected investors’ trust in AST’s sustainable business model.

UBP’s “wish list” for the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15)

Any commitment surrounding recycling should come with the inclusion of mandatory corporate disclosure.

ESG: the money market approach

Sustainable investment need not be limited to the long term. Money market funds can also embrace ESG and help investors achieve sustainability across their holdings.

TCFD warns of disclosure issues despite global success

The taskforce analyses findings from its latest status report

Beyond GDP growth: why natural capital matters

Markets are underestimating the fundamental role that the preservation of nature plays in the race to net zero.

Climate Solutions launches Climarket

All investment opportunities are thoroughly pre-screened using Climate Solutions’ proprietary investment screening tool.

Sustainability will drive returns

By targeting companies aligning with the goals of the Paris Agreement

Culture – A Practical Framework for Sustainable Change

Innovative resource guides organisations on their approach to cultural progression.

Funds Governance in 2021 – What it Means to Investors

The research found that the rise of ESG investing, demands for specific experience and greater expectations on transparency are all shaping the fund governance landscape

Credit Suisse and BMW pile into climate tech VC fund

The venture capital strategy has made its first five investments in firms that aim to mitigate CO2 emissions

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