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  • Dutch financial institutions call for 'climate-adaptive' construction benchmark

    21 December 2023
  • Loan round-up: Eisai, Jeronimo Martins, Rivulis ... and more

    21 December 2023
  • India paves way for voluntary carbon market

    21 December 2023

    India has paved the way for a domestic voluntary carbon market by introducing voluntary offsets as part of its upcoming compliance market.

  • EFRAG and TNFD to cooperate on nature reporting interoperability

    21 December 2023
  • Improved categorisation necessary to strengthen SFDR, EFAMA says

    21 December 2023
  • Isometric launches carbon removal 'protocol'

    21 December 2023
  • EU green building label deal avoids 'bad taste' in green bond market - but delays harmonisation

    21 December 2023

    A loophole introduced to the proposed harmonisation of the EU Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) regime for buildings has prevented a "bad taste" among investors regarding some bank green bonds, but retains fragmented 'green' building designations, ABN Amro has said.

  • EU: Green bond issuance to 'gather pace' in 2024 after slow start

    21 December 2023

    The EU expects to accelerate its green bond issuance in 2024 following revisions to member states' investment plans, after the massive green bond programme fell behind its targeted share of total borrowing by the bloc.

  • ESG 'outperformed' traditional portfolios over last decade, says UBS

    21 December 2023

    Integrating ESG considerations into investment portfolios would have led to higher financial returns and "enhanced" stock selection, UBS has said, in analysis of financial performance in the last decade.

  • EU building energy performance deal is 'game-changer' for renovation green bonds

    20 December 2023

    The draft final agreement on the EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) could trigger a "renovation wave" among European bank green bonds, according to Dutch lender ABN Amro.