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Regulatory uncertainty will hold back green bonds

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INTERNATIONAL

The outlook for green bond financial instruments.

Climate policies to alter global business environment

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INTERNATIONAL

Accelerating climate change threatens vast human and economic loss. In response, developed-country governments are legislating to force businesses to change while also seeking to…

Central banks have a key role in greening the economy

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INTERNATIONAL

It will not be easy to reconcile new tasks with traditional price-stability mandates. Moreover, it is not clear what data banks should use to measure progress, while a green…

ESG push will help improve diversity in US companies

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UNITED STATES

Policy, disclosure requirements and stakeholder pressures, particularly from investors, push them in that direction. The exception is diversity and inclusion, which form part of…

France’s energy policy to weaken its climate ambitions

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FRANCE

Several French industries have proclaimed low-carbon ambitions but outcomes have been modest: ‘green’ finance is still embryonic and there has been little progress on key…

Sustainable bond issuance will increase markedly

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INTERNATIONAL

ESG-related bonds account for around 5% of the global bond universe, with green bonds the largest and most mature element, yet in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, social bonds…

Global sustainability market will expand despite COVID

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INT

There are major regional differences in how governments and companies from developed and developing countries perform on sustainability. Even so, policy efforts by some large…

New deal will raise biodiversity as a global priority

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INTERNATIONAL

Biodiversity loss is as much of a threat to life on earth as climate change. Without action, millions of species face extinction and ecosystems will cross irreversible tipping…