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  • Financial institutions say Canada anti-greenwashing rule has reduced access to ESG data

    25 October 2024

    Financial institutions have warned the Canadian government that a recently introduced anti-greenwashing rule has led companies to withdraw from their websites the sustainability-related information investors require.

  • World Bank issues landmark Amazon reforestation-linked bond

    14 August 2024

    The World Bank has raised $225 million from its biggest ever outcomes-based bond that links its coupon payments to verified carbon removal credits generated by reforestation projects in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil.

  • World Bank issues $100m plastic waste reduction-linked bond

    26 January 2024

    The World Bank has raised $100 million from a ground-breaking outcomes-based bond that links its coupon payments to verified plastic and carbon credits generated by projects in Ghana and Indonesia.