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Rwanda considering sovereign SLB after development bank success

Rwanda is considering issuing a sovereign sustainability-linked bond (SLB) after its development bank successfully issued a ground-breaking deal last year, an Environmental Finance event heard.

Austria launches ground-breaking 'green' money market instrument

Austria has launched the first sovereign 'green' money market product which is open to retail investors, with a "strong uptake" in the 'Green Bundesschatz' reported from investors already.

AUD80trn investors back 'essential' Australian climate reporting bill

Governments urged to make nature transition plans mandatory

Governments have been urged by Finance for Biodiversity to make nature transition plans and disclosures mandatory for the financial sector to meet the goals of the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF).

Europe needs more green securitisations, says head of French central bank

'Green securitisations' could be key to unlocking "several hundred billion euros a year" for the energy transition - helped by a common European issuance platform of such instruments, the head of the French central bank has said.

Pictet launches environmental-tech focused ELTIF

Moody's promotes Ghosh to global role

Moody's Ratings has named Rahul Ghosh as global head of sustainable finance.

BoE suggests ways financial institutions can build on climate scenarios

Financial institutions can improve the relevance of results from climate scenario modelling by 'extending' them to incorporate data from sources such as building Energy Performance Certificates (EPC) ratings, according to research published by the Bank of England.

The UK's SDR has overlooked 'ethical' funds

The UK's Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) should create an additional label for 'ethical' funds, an asset manager has argued.

EFRAG proposes reducing 'circular economy' ESRS datapoints

The European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) has revealed it will vote this week on proposals to reduce the number of individual datapoints companies will disclose against under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).