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Germany hires banks ahead of 2025 green bond framework update
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Webinar: Vague definition of greenwashing deters 'transition' finance
29 October 2024The growth of 'transition' finance is being held back by fears among debt issuers of being accused of greenwashing - a situation exacerbated by national regulators failing to clearly define what constituted greenwashing, a webinar hosted by Environmental Finance heard.
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Putting its foot on the bio-gas
29 October 2024The UK's new government could boost renewable energy uptake with a new biomethane policy, writes Sead Keric
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ESMA opens sustainable bond prospectus technical advice consultation
29 October 2024The European Securities Markets Authority (ESMA) has opened a consultation on proposed technical advice on sustainability disclosures updates to the EU bond prospectus regulation, including around post-issuance reporting requirements.
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Companies are in early stages of addressing nature impacts, confirms first NA100 Benchmark
29 October 2024From Peter Cripps at COP16 in Colombia
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COP16: 'High-integrity' biodiversity credit framework launches - and says 'no to international offsetting'
29 October 2024A framework has been launched at COP16 to guide the growth of a "high-integrity" biodiversity credit market, with one of its key pieces of guidance being that it does not support "international offsetting".
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NatureAlpha launches AI-driven platform covering private assets
28 October 2024From Peter Cripps at COP16 in Cali, Colombia
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Investors 'sceptical' of public ESG strategies likely to increase allocations to PE, says Ambienta
28 October 2024Investors are increasingly reallocating capital away from 'inauthentic' ESG strategies towards the few 'authentic' strategies, amid concerns they don't invest in 'real' environmental investment opportunities, Ambienta has claimed.
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IDB Invest backs ground-breaking BBVA 'biodiversity bond' in Colombia
28 October 2024IDB Invest has invested in a landmark $70 million green bond from the Colombian arm of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) which is dedicated to biodiversity-related projects.
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ESMA enforcement plans may feed 'anxiety' around CSRD reporting
28 October 2024