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SocGen sets €500bn sustainable finance target

SLBs linked to donations or carbon credit investments are 'promising'

Sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) which use the financial penalties for missing targets to make donations or purchase carbon credits should be looked at more closely by the market,...

Bahamas signs 'ground-breaking' $300m debt-for-nature loan deal

The Bahamas has signed a $300 million loan with Standard Chartered as part of a ground-breaking marine conservation-focused debt conversion transaction developed with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

Debt-for-nature deals are 'growing very rapidly and are very scalable'

The nature financing gap remains concerningly wide, but the increasingly active debt-for-nature market offers hope that the tide is turning. Ahren Lester reports

UN Principles for Responsible Banking cuts reporting requirements

SEC charges Adani Green Energy execs over bribery allegations

Adani Green Energy executives Gautam Adani and Sagar Adani have been charged by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), alongside Azure Power Global's Cyril Cabanes "for conduct arising out of a massive bribery scheme".

Sustainable debt round-up: National Bank of Greece, California Community Choice, CTP ... and more

Clarion Partners Europe agrees €240m NAV line with Natwest

Artesian: Two-way coupons could 'reignite' SLB market

Opening the door to SLB issuers being rewarded for outperforming ambitious targets could boost issuance, Artesian's David Gallagher tells Ahren Lester.

COP29: MUFG backs Canada-led blended finance initiative

Canada has launched a $1.5 billion blended finance 'platform' that aims to provide climate finance to climate projects in "up to" 25 emerging markets and developing economies, with backing from MUFG.