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  • TNFD pilot leads to calls for 'more guidance' on stress testing

    12 June 2023

    More guidance is needed on stress testing, financial institutions who took part in a pilot of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) recommendations found.

  • APAC TNFD pilot flags 'stumbling blocks'

    05 June 2023

  • AFME: Investor earnings expectations slowing natural capital financing

    02 December 2022

    Investor expectations around earnings pose a key challenge to increasing natural capital financing, the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has said.

  • EFRAG submits first draft of corporate reporting standards to EU

    23 November 2022

    The first set of 12 draft European Sustainability Reporting Standards has been submitted to the EU Commission by technical advisers at the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group.

  • International carbon market 'will be addressed at COP27', webinar hears

    29 June 2022

    A framework for the international trading of carbon credits will be reviewed during COP27, a webinar heard, and could boost some countries' income by up to 15% of GDP.

  • Bank of China issues first 'blue bonds' in Asia

    22 October 2020

    The Bank of China (BoC) has issued the first blue bonds in Asia, raising nearly $950 million in a transaction described as a "milestone" in the development of financial instruments that help protect the oceans.

  • Olam signs $250m sustainability-linked loan

    22 June 2020

    Olam has signed sustainability-linked revolving credit facility (RCF) worth $250 million, the third sustainability-linked loan the food and agriculture firm has signed over the last two years.

  • Green bond round-up: ICO, Klabin, Reykjavik Energy, Midsummer, IBRD, Fabege, Housing New Zealand, Argosy Property and Vasakronan

    03 April 2019

    Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO), a state-owned Spanish bank, has issued a €500 million ($562 million) green note that matures in 2024.

  • People moves - RobecoSAM, ANZ, ADE, Zevin, Stem

    02 December 2016

    RobecoSAM has appointed Aris Prepoudis its new chief executive officer (CEO), replacing Michael Baldinger, who left to become head of sustainable and impact investing at UBS earlier this year.

  • People Moves

    27 May 2016

    The latest people moves from NRG Energy, Mainstream Renewable Power and Azure Power