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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

BII, Standard Chartered sign $350m funding for Africa and Asia

People Moves, 20 September: Mirova, CAM, Vision Ridge, AFII and more

Standard Chartered, British Airways sign "global first" carbon credit deal

People Moves, 9 August: US SIF, GIB AM, St James's Place, BlueOnion ... and more

Standard Chartered raises $235m for Texas PV manufacturing plant

JETPs slow with execution and delivery, say banks

Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs) are slow with their execution and delivery, despite ambitious approaches, a group of banks and investors have claimed.

Standard Chartered guide to address adaptation and resilience finance shortfall

Standard Chartered Bank has launched a guide to align sector-wide efforts solve the adaptation and resilience finance shortfall.

Northvolt signs 'largest' European gigafactory green loan

Northvolt has secured a $5 billion green loan to expand capacity at its "circular" battery manufacturing site in Sweden. It is believed to be the largest green loan for a 'gigafactory' in Europe to date.