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Lloyds looks to energise 'slow' sustainability-linked derivative market

Lloyds Banking Group hopes the sluggish sustainability-linked derivatives (SLDs) market will accelerate in 2024, but argues that lots of industry work must be done before we see material transaction growth.

UK told to adopt ISSB in full to encourage 'equivalence' with US, EU disclosures

The UK has been urged to adopt the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards in their entirety, in a move that would support efforts to ensure 'equivalence' with US and EU requirements, respondents to a consultation said.

Webinar: Government support needed to fund transition technologies

Further support from governments, through policies and subsidies, is needed to help accelerate funding of technologies critical to the net zero carbon transition, a recent Environmental Finance webinar heard.

Webinar: Transition finance 'too caught up in labels'

Despite the lack of clarity in the market on how the theme of transition can be incorporated into sustainable loans and bonds, there is often too much focus on labelling, an Environmental Finance webinar has heard.

Japan's 'green transformation' bond: A test case for transition finance

The Japanese government's inaugural transition bond is expected to include controversial technologies. Michael Hurley reports

Sustainable sukuk 'to nearly double market share in five years'

Fitch Ratings said that sustainable sukuk could grow to be 7.5% of the overall sukuk market by 2028, up from 4% at the end of the third quarter.

External reviews are the 'main sticking point' for sustainable loan deals

Updated guidance on external reviews is being readied, the Loan Market Association's Gemma Lawrence-Pardew tells Ahren Lester

People Moves, 27 October: M&G, Impax, Deutsche Bank, Summa Equity and more

Impax and Bullfinch fund pens German solar farm acquisition

EFRAG outlines more than 1,000 datapoints to meet EU disclosure regulation