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  • Gresham House raises £50m from South Yorks Pensions Authority

    05 June 2024

    Gresham House has raised £50 million ($63.8 million) from South Yorkshire Pensions Authority for its Gresham House Forest Fund VI, an asset-backed UK forestry fund.

  • CapitaLand increases focus on Scope 3 emissions

    05 June 2024

    Singapore-based real estate investor CapitaLand Investments said it will incorporate three new Scope 3 categories it considers material to its operations as part of its efforts to meet sustainability targets outlined by its 2030 master plan.

  • Carbon finance needs greater transition considerations, says former Verra CEO

    05 June 2024

    Using carbon finance as an enabler for the transition will improve market credibility and the value of carbon offsets, former Verra chief executive David Antonioli has told Environmental Finance.

  • European regulators make recommendations in greenwashing reports

    04 June 2024

    The EU's three principal financial services regulators have called for enhanced supervision and improved market practice on sustainability-related claims in new reports on greenwashing in the financial sector.

  • Policymakers urged to push for taxonomy equivalence over interoperability

    04 June 2024

    While interoperability of taxonomies should be welcomed, it is "not enough" and policymakers need to move towards equivalence, an Environmental Finance conference has heard.

  • Regulating transition plans

    04 June 2024

    A patchwork of regulations will soon ask financial institutions to publish and implement climate transition plans, Michael Hurley reports

  • Australia raises AUD7bn from three-times oversubscribed green bond debut

    04 June 2024

    The Australian government has raised AUD7 billion ($4.7 billion) from its debut sovereign green bond, with the final orderbook around AUD23 billion.

  • Asia leading Europe on transition integration, conference hears

    04 June 2024

    Asia has moved ahead of Europe in integrating transition into sustainability discussions, an Environmental Finance conference has heard, with investors "finally coming around" to accept potential greenwashing risks of transition investments.

  • FIS debuts climate risk modelling solution

    04 June 2024

    FIS has launched Climate Risk Financial Modeler, a new risk offering aimed at helping businesses better assess, reduce and report their exposure to the physical risks of climate change.

  • BNP Paribas lends €200m to clean energy tech business, Aira

    04 June 2024