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Industry split on financed emissions data for green bonds, despite uptick in interest

The fixed income market remains divided on the value of financed emissions at a bond-level despite increased demand from investors for more data, an Environmental Finance conference has heard.

Biodiversity financing and the European Green Deal: an opportunity amidst adversity

The European Green Deal, which aims to transform the EU into the first climate-neutral continent and halt biodiversity loss, is currently in jeopardy, writes Geoffroy Marcassoli

'SLB issuers should use SBTi-validated targets', says LuxSE

Sustainability-linked bond (SLB) issuers have been encouraged by Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) to use science-based targets to enhance the "credibility" of the issuances, ...

SLBs: 'Flight to quality' amid complexity challenge could be a positive

The underappreciated complexity of the sustainability-linked bond (SLB) has played a major role in the issuance decline in recent years, but...

Omni-confusion

What will the EU's Omnibus regulation mean for sustainable finance, Michael Hurley asks

Financial institutions recommended to build stronger ESG data checks

NMB Bank lists ground-breaking sustainability bond in Luxembourg

European ESG fund market to reach €9.4trn by 2027, says PwC

Assets in environmental, social and governance (ESG)-focused funds in the EU are forecast to reach €9.4 trillion ($10.2 trillion) by 2027, after PwC Luxembourg reported a jump to more than €6 trillion in 2023.

Infra funds increasingly target energy transition, PwC claims

Europe's Green Bond Standard: A game changer?

The standard will remove the opacity that often clouds sustainable finance and protect sustainability-minded investors by ensuring their investments align with their values, writes Giuseppe Corsini