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

The Atmospheric Fund (TAF) has moved CAD20 million ($14 million) of its endowment from a major Canadian bank to two "high-impact" investment funds, including a Canada-focused green bond fund.

Indian muni issuers still 'missing green bond potential'

Indian municipal issuers are still missing the opportunity to issue green bonds with only a "small" proportion of the debt raised for potentially green-eligible projects being labelled as such,...

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

The acceleration of sustainable bond maturities and ongoing proliferation of 'green' taxonomies globally could be major drivers for sustainable bond issuance to reach $7 trillion, according to Société Générale.

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

Momentum is returning to the sustainability-linked loan (SLL) market but further work is needed to ensure the credibility of Sustainability Performance Targets (SPTs), an Environmental Finance webinar heard.

Sustainable Debt EMEA returns to London next week

Environmental Finance's 13th annual Sustainable Debt EMEA conference returns to London on 3 April.

Sustainable debt round-up: IBRD, SEB, Stack Infrastructure ... and more

Trade associations launch 'refreshed' sustainable loan principles

Influential loan market associations have published an updated set of the widely used sustainable loan principles, with the most substantial changes made to the Sustainability Linked Loan Principles (SLLP).

Canada, Japan targeted in PRI sovereign engagement initiative expansion

Canada and Japan are the next focus countries for the collaborative sovereign investor engagement initiative launched by the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).

More EM sovereign SLBs 'can be done' as early potential emerges, says Ninety One

Sovereign sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) are already demonstrating their engagement and impact potential, according to Ninety One - amid expectations of more deals to come from emerging market (EM) governments.

Kommuninvest launches social bond debut after 'rapid' lending growth

According to Environmental Finance Data, Kommuninvest has raised $14 billion from green bonds since its market debut in 2016 ...