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EFRAG outlines more than 1,000 datapoints to meet EU disclosure regulation

'Little correlation' between funds with sustainability labels and SFDR ambition

There is little correlation between funds that attain labels to prove their sustainability credentials and those that self-categorise as 'Article 9' funds under the most ambitious category of the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), according to Novethic.

Loan round-up: Trafigura, Verde Agritech, Nexa Resources ... and more

Sustainable bond market will become 'too large to ignore' for US issuers

Despite a surprisingly lacklustre US sustainable bond issuance response to the massive climate-focused Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) stimulus package, a green bond investor argues that "problem" of cautious US issuers will soon "take care of itself" as the market grows.

Ninety One: Transition perpetuating 'climate colonialism'

Efforts to encourage emerging markets to transition often perpetuate "climate colonialism" and set "uneven goalposts", Ninety One has told Environmental Finance.

'First' green bond fund in major revamp as market matures

Nikko Asset Management has significantly revamped its ground-breaking green bond fund, as it reflects on the increasing opportunity in the sustainable bond market, Steve Williams tells Ahren Lester

Gresham House bags £75m for renewable energy fund

Article 9 funds attracted 'a new low' in Q3 2023

Tackle greenwashing or face regulation, Swiss government challenges industry

The Swiss government has threatened to introduce regulation to tackle greenwashing among financial institutions unless the industry can show it can address the issue itself.

A quarter of corporates have no taxonomy alignment, ESMA analysis shows

Almost a quarter (24%) of corporates reported last year that none of their turnover aligns with the climate mitigation and adaptation criteria of the EU taxonomy, according to analysis by EU regulators.