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Australia launches second round of taxonomy consultation

Australia has launched the second round of consultation on its sustainable finance taxonomy, in a bid to bring "credibility" to transition activities.

IDB backs Mexico's 'first-of-its-kind' agribusiness sustainable bond

Australia passes legislation to create biodiversity credit market

Australia has formally passed legislation to protect and restore nature and developed a 'first-of-its-kind' biodiversity credit market, but last-minute concessions means offsets will be outlawed.

Australia commits AUD10m for green bonds, taxonomy work

The Australian government has committed AUD10 million ($6.8 million) to ready its first sovereign green bonds and develop its own taxonomy of sustainable activities.

Australia's landmark climate bill: an 'important signal' for investors

A bill to tackle climate change in one of the world's most carbon intensive economies was greeted as potentially transformative by investors. Genevieve Redgrave reports

People Moves 5 November: Mike Bloomberg, PRI and more...

Fondsfinans Kapitalforvaltning hires head of ESG

Slow progress for green infrastructure in Australia, says CBI

The shift from brown to green infrastructure has been slow in Australia, according to a report by the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI).

Bonds round-up: TenneT, Philips, NWB, LBBW, Avangrid and more...

SFIL, a state-owned lender to French local authorities, has issued a €1 billion ($1.1 billion) social bond, following a similar transaction by its Caffil subsidiary in February 2019.

Green bond round-up, 30 January

Spanish telecommunications company Telefonica has made its debut in the green bond market, raising €1 billion in a five-year deal. It claims this is the first bond from an issuer in the telecoms sector.