02 April 2025

'World first' parametric wildfire insurance deal inked

Analysis

02 April 2025

Aussie sustainable bond market 'buoyant' despite taxonomy timidity

Some potential issuers are holding back ahead of the launch of the Australian Taxonomy, Artesian's David Gallagher tells Ahren Lester
01 April 2025

Nature not a priority for AGM season, says Morningstar Sustainalytics

Nature is unlikely to be a priority this AGM season, Morningstar Sustainalytics tells Genevieve Redgrave, but ocean-related issues could rise up the agenda.
31 March 2025

Mobilising private finance to address the biodiversity crisis

Evidence of private sector momentum in scaling biodiversity funding is increasing, but not fast enough, write Frank Rijsberman, Juan Casado Asensio and Dominique Blaquier
28 March 2025

Why nature can't wait for capital

It's time to bring high-integrity carbon projects to the forefront, and leave behind approaches that prioritise carbon accounting over genuine nature restoration, writes Tim Ferraro
27 March 2025

Blended finance in fragile contexts: Ukraine as a test case

An OECD and Environmental Finance conference discussed the role of blended finance in crises and conflict-affected contexts, using Ukraine as an example. Romina Bandura and Emilia Stazi summarise
26 March 2025

ASCOR: Growth, refinements to continue after 'strong' 2024

The Assessing Sovereign Climate-related Opportunities and Risks (ASCOR) tool is expected to be expanded to 80 countries by the end of 2025.

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  • Amundi 'very surprised' ICMA and EU GBS don't align

    03 April 2025

  • ESG corporate bond ETFs have 'material exposure' to deforestation, says AFII

    03 April 2025

  • Investors being given 'false confidence' about state of food system

    03 April 2025

  • ISS ESG launches sustainability bond rating

    03 April 2025

  • Sustainable debt round-up: MTA, Austria, Acciona ... and more

    02 April 2025

  • UK government confirms nature market accelerator launch

    02 April 2025

  • Nuveen: PG&E credit upgrade 'not possible' without wildfire recovery bonds

    02 April 2025

  • US banking regulator abandons climate risk principles

    01 April 2025

  • Impact funds raised €700bn in past decade, finds Phenix research

    01 April 2025

  • 'Investors must stop double counting impact credentials'

    01 April 2025

  • BlackRock's Fink omits 'climate change' from annual letter

    01 April 2025

  • Canadian climate agency moves CAD20m to 'high-impact' bond funds

    01 April 2025

  • 'Innovative' Cambodian green project bond issued

    01 April 2025

  • Rathbones adopts SDR label for two funds days before FCA's deadline

    31 March 2025

  • EU issues 'urgent' request for advice on CSRD cutbacks

    31 March 2025

  • Meta, Climate Asset Management secure million-tonne forest carbon deal

    31 March 2025

  • Indian muni issuers still 'missing green bond potential'

    28 March 2025

  • Axa IM 'downgrades' and 'may reduce exposure to' companies that weakened climate targets

    28 March 2025

  • SEC ends defence of climate rule in 'backward step for investors'

    28 March 2025

  • TotalEnergies to generate 50 million nature-based credits

    28 March 2025

  • People Moves, 28 March: Phoenix Group, Capricorn, Rebalance Earth ... and more

    28 March 2025

  • Redemptions, taxonomies to help sustainable bond market to fresh highs, says SocGen

    27 March 2025

  • Cambridge Associates shifts sustainability focus to climate risk planning

    27 March 2025

  • Canadian election 'casts a shadow over' work on taxonomy, disclosures

    27 March 2025

  • Biodiversity data tool map finds key imbalances

    27 March 2025

  • 'Momentum returning' to SLL market but targets and transition plans must improve, webinar hears

    27 March 2025

  • UK government releases 'world-leading' nature finance standards

    27 March 2025

  • Sustainable Debt EMEA returns to London next week

    27 March 2025

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Sustainable Investment Awards 2025

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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 Debt EMEA 2025

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  • Sustainable debt round-up: MTA, Austria, Acciona ... and more

  • Nuveen: PG&E credit upgrade 'not possible' without wildfire recovery bonds

  • Canadian climate agency moves CAD20m to 'high-impact' bond funds

  • 'Innovative' Cambodian green project bond issued

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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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

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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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