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Bahamas signs 'ground-breaking' $300m debt-for-nature loan deal

The Bahamas has signed a $300 million loan with Standard Chartered as part of a ground-breaking marine conservation-focused debt conversion transaction developed with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

Debt-for-nature deals are 'growing very rapidly and are very scalable'

The nature financing gap remains concerningly wide, but the increasingly active debt-for-nature market offers hope that the tide is turning. Ahren Lester reports

Account for nature on balance sheets, says Sustainable Markets Initiative

The public and private sectors have been encouraged to account for nature as an asset by the Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) to deliver more accurate balance sheet information.

IFRS unveils guide to materiality assessment for sustainability reports

La Banque Postale invests in ESG data startup

Financial services group La Banque Postale has invested - via its venture capital fund, 115K - in a French ESG-focused fintech start-up.

Nordea wins €1.2bn German pension sustainable mandate

People moves, 15 November: BlackRock, Barclays, South Pole, WHEB ... and more

COP29 finance day: Harmonisation initiatives the highlight of underwhelming day

Multi-jurisdiction taxonomies and a push for harmonised transition plan rules stole the headlines, as finance proved a sticking point, Michael Hurley writes

GSIA publishes sustainable investment 'incentive barriers' report

IFRS flags concern at lack of company reporting on expected impacts of climate change

A review of company reporting has found little progress on company reporting in areas including the impacts of climate change on their businesses, strategies and financial planning, raising concern that investors are being starved of information they need.