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Transparency needed to bring more credibility to sustainable loans market

The sustainability-linked loan market is evolving, as it battles to overcome its credibility issues, the Environmental Finance Sustainable Debt EMEA conference heard.

Jury still out on transition bond label

Banks disagree on how helpful 'transition' labels for bonds are, an Environmental Finance event heard.

Alantra's Klima fund leads €52m energy grid platform investment

BlueOrchard bags BII and NDF for second emerging markets fund

Rise of transition plans could remedy regulatory 'failure' to boost transition finance

SBTi clarifies carbon credit stance amid staff unrest

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has published a clarification on its stance on the use of environmental attribute certificates (EACs) - such as voluntary carbon credits - after criticism from staff and the industry.

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SBTi board faces resignations and staff ire after change to carbon credit stance

The Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) Board of Trustees has come under fire for changing its stance on corporate use of carbon credits for Scope-3 emissions reduction targets, which has been described as a "major departure" from existing policy.

Standard Chartered guide to address adaptation and resilience finance shortfall

Standard Chartered Bank has launched a guide to align sector-wide efforts solve the adaptation and resilience finance shortfall.

World Bank releases 'game-changing' streamlined impact metrics

The World Bank has released a new impact outcomes 'scorecard' which will be deployed across all its institutions for the first time, which was described as "game-changing" for the development bank.