21 March 2025

Addressing the hidden water footprint of data and AI

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20 March 2025

The impact of SDR goes deeper than its four sustainability labels

The FCA's Sustainability Disclosure Requirements regime is helping purge the fund market, writes Jennifer Forrest
18 March 2025

Sustainable bond funds upbeat after positive year

The sustainable bond fund market recorded its second consecutive year of positive returns in 2024, with optimism high for another robust year for fixed income returns. Ahren Lester reports
17 March 2025

McDonald's, Walmart and Ferrari: What biodiversity funds are holding

Hermes, Netflix and Apple are among the companies held by some biodiversity funds. Genevieve Redgrave looks under the hood of their top 10 holdings
14 March 2025

The EU Omnibus' rocky road

As negotiations on the Omnibus proposal begin, Michael Hurley presents an overview of the story so far
13 March 2025

Protecting forests: laissez-faire, or work them?

A debate around how best to manage land may be missing the forest for the trees, writes Christoph Butz

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  • 'AI could offer better green bond impact and incentives from day one'

    21 March 2025

  • People Moves, 21 March: EQT, Transition Finance Council, Danske Bank, EIFO ... and more

    21 March 2025

  • Amazon launches nature-based carbon credit service

    21 March 2025

  • ISS preparing sustainability bond rating

    21 March 2025

  • UK government must provide certainty for renewables investors, says Redwheel

    21 March 2025

  • China readies landmark RMB6bn sovereign green bond debut

    20 March 2025

  • FoSDA appoints former CFA UK CEO as first exec director

    20 March 2025

  • PGIM launches thematic equities fund

    20 March 2025

  • SBTi proposed standard update does not allow carbon credits for Scope 3

    20 March 2025

  • Bank of England urged to step up on nature

    20 March 2025

  • Double the insurers have impact focus compared to 2023, Nuveen finds

    19 March 2025

  • Sustainable debt round-up: Fluvius, Ayvens ... and more

    19 March 2025

  • Sustainable bond market sails past $6trn milestone - but headwinds remain

    19 March 2025

  • Omnibus bolsters case for requiring double materiality in EU ESG ratings, investor says

    19 March 2025

  • French asset owners launch search for private markets biodiversity fund manager

    19 March 2025

  • CSRD guidance for real estate being readied to help in absence of sector-specific standards

    18 March 2025

  • 'Maple' sustainable bonds an 'opportunity' for US issuers

    18 March 2025

  • Omnibus CSRD cuts threaten investor access to sustainability data, Dutch regulator says

    18 March 2025

  • Stafford closes $1bn timberland fund

    17 March 2025

  • 'About half' of companies in scope of imperilled SEC rule may have to disclose anyway - Ceres

    17 March 2025

  • 'Hand-holding' sustainable bond fund could be 'quite successful,' says Artesian

    17 March 2025

  • Omnibus could have knock-on impact for EU climate benchmarks, observers say

    17 March 2025

  • Greenwashing 'bogeyman' having tangible impact on sustainable loan flows

    14 March 2025

  • LatAm sustainable bond issuance subdued in 2025, says S&P

    14 March 2025

  • Biodiversity fund managers remain bullish on prospects for 2025

    14 March 2025

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Sustainable Investment Awards 2025

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The future is now: AI for nature analysis and action

Most financial institutions have processes in place for climate assessment, but the transition to incorporate nature and biodiversity feels daunting—as if it requires a whole new set of expertise they don't currently possess.

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Sustainable Bonds Insight 2025

Sustainable Bonds Insight 2025

The free-to-download report features infographics and data on the main trends in the green, social, sustainability, and sustainability-linked (GSSS) bond markets in 2024 and includes exclusive insight and infographics from Environmental Finance Data.

Sustainable finance in a changing world

Despite political headwinds, sustainable bond issuance is set to be supported by strong fundamentals, innovative applications and strong investor demand, say Trevor Allen, Agnès Gourc, Chaoni Huang, Franck Rizzoli and Frederic Zorzi of BNP Paribas

2025: A tough challenge for the sustainable bond market?

Marcus Pratsch, head of sustainable bonds & finance at DZ BANK, considers the outlook for sustainable bonds in 2025 and some of the main themes for the year ahead.

Financing the transition: banks turn to new tools

How banks put their transition plans into practice is attracting growing scrutiny as they seek to tap new transition financing instruments. Federico Pezzolato, Camille Roux and Masaki Kadowaki explain how ISS-Corporate is assessing their transition approaches and related issuance

Making a market in sustainable finance

The London Stock Exchange's Sustainable Bond Market is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in June. Kelly Gregory and Baylie Thompson review recent highlights and innovations, and look forward to its next milestones

Resilience, innovation and reinvention: the sustainable bond market in 2025

While overall market growth remains elusive, issuers and policymakers are continuing to innovate in 2025. Moody's Ratings' Adriana Cruz Felix, Matthew Kuchtyak and Swami Venkataraman analyse the market

EU Green Bonds: navigating a new market

Antoine Corbin and Saga Rad of Sustainable Fitch dig into the details of the EU Green Bond Regulation, and what it means for issuers and investors

A new standard for the green bond market

The EU Green Bond Regulation introduces a new benchmark for green bond issuance, with implications for sustainable finance markets around the world, say Florence Devevey, Patrice Cochelin and Christa Clapp of S&P Global Ratings

Environmental Market Rankings 2025

Environmental Market Rankings 2025

Environmental Finance is delighted to announce the Environmental Market Rankings winners for 2025

AI tipped to power RECs market in Trump era

Energy-hungry data centres could sustain US markets for green certificates, according to the winners of Environmental Finance's Market Rankings. Michael Hurley reports

A year of policy and politics for compliance carbon markets

Policy shifts and political upheaval created a challenging environment for compliance carbon markets in 2024, but winners of this year's Environmental Market Rankings remain upbeat. Rob Langston reports

Leveraging carbon pricing for long-term value creation

Michael Berends, CEO of ClearBlue Markets, considers recent trends in compliance carbon markets and how the company is helping clients to navigate the patchwork of programmes and systems.

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13 May 2025, 8:50 AM ET, New York

Natural Capital Investment Americas 2025

Exploring the integral role that Natural Capital investment can play in building climate resilience
14 May 2025, 8:45 AM ET, New York

Sustainability Data America 2025

Discussing the continued growth of the sustainability data industry and understanding the key factors shaping its future

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Average coupon of sustainable bonds by quarter

2024 was a story of two halves for sustainable bond coupon rates. The first half of the year saw coupons edge up to an average of 5.06% in Q2 - the highest they have been during five year period looked at in the below chart. After the second quarter there was a sharp decline in average coupon rates to 4.13% in Q3, falling further to 4% in Q4.  Even with the decline in the second half of the year, average coupons for full year 2024 were the highest they have been over this five-year period.

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