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European financial regulators have bowed to pressure from investment firms and their trade bodies, and look set to weaken the requirements of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, a central part of the EU's Sustainable Finance Action Plan. -
Companies with high carbon emissions are preparing for the risk that they could have to pay more to access capital markets, if investors and banks retreat from fossil fuel-heavy businesses, and even divest altogether — as Aviva has threatened to do. Some issuers will use investor relations drives and labelled financings, but ultimately they will have to find common ground with investors on how to transition to low carbon.
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In a rare sign that environmental campaigners are having an impact on the financial industry, the burden of financing the Ecuadorian Amazon oil trade has shifted between banks in the past six months. But it is clear the banking industry is supporting the trade in more ways than have yet been uncovered.
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Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone managed to seal its $500m 10 year deal inside fair value on Tuesday, despite investor concerns about the company's environmental and social record.
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BlackRock wants to move a long way towards catching up with leading investors in its response to climate change, its CEO Larry Fink indicated in his annual letter to chief executives on Tuesday. BlackRock stopped short of setting a net zero carbon emissions target for its $8.7tr of assets under management, or committing to swift decarbonisation. But it did publish a ‘net zero commitment’ saying it would “support the goal of net zero emissions by 2050 or sooner”.
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The European Central Bank will use a new climate change centre to improve its work on the topic, while also investing in a new green bond fund set up by the Bank for International Settlements.
