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Bank of Ireland eyes expansion after sustainability-linked farmer loan launch

Bank of Ireland has officially launched its sustainability-linked loan programme for farmers who supply Kerry Dairy, as Ireland's largest agriculture lender prepares to roll it out to more than 20,000 farmers in 2024.

Cambodian telecoms firm raises $20m from ground-breaking sustainability bond

GFANZ signatories urged to address 'blind spot' on deforestation

With the "vast majority" of financial institutions still not taking action on deforestation, investor coalitions such as the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) have been urged to push their signatories to take action.

S&P: Physical climate risk could reduce global economy by 4.4% a year

Physical climate risks are likely to become more material to S&P's sovereign rating analysis, the rating agency says. Ahren Lester reports

Discussions over inclusion of financial sector in EU due diligence rules shunted to December

Financial institutions calling for the inclusion of the sector in EU due diligence rules will have to wait until next month to find out if they have been successful, when the next meeting of EU institutions is understood to be planned.

COP28: 'Restructuring' of indigenous engagement needed

Improved engagement with indigenous peoples would help accelerate the flow of finance to communities and nature-based projects, Environmental Finance has heard.

Verra releases new REDD+ methodology

Verra has released an updated version of its Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) methodology, following major criticism of the previous iteration.

Shades of the transition spectrum

Christa Clapp and Erik Christianto of S&P Global Ratings talk to Environmental Finance about how the firm's second party opinion offering has changed one year on from the acquisition of the Shades of Green business from CICERO

Brazil: Investors must seize NBS and climate-smart tech opportunities now

The seeds of a new climate investment revolution are being planted in Brazil, say Niamh McCarthy and Kyle Saukas of Climate Advisors

Financing the 'missing middle' for climate tech

Scaling the capacity of climate technologies at a speed never seen before will be critical to the transition, says Barclays' Daniel Hanna