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European high yield issuers 'too opportunistic' with green bonds

European high yield green bond issues have been "too opportunistic" to date, with transparency about how the proceeds will be used raising significant questions about the sustainability impact of the emerging asset class.

Circular economy drinks company raises $10m

Australia commits AUD10m for green bonds, taxonomy work

The Australian government has committed AUD10 million ($6.8 million) to ready its first sovereign green bonds and develop its own taxonomy of sustainable activities.

'Ground-breaking' CBI resilience taxonomy blueprint launch next week

The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) will publish a blueprint for its "ground-breaking" climate resilience taxonomy next week, as it looks to catalyse interest and investment in adaptation and resilience projects.

GFANZ launches first country branch in Japan

Varma weighing merits of EU PABs for high-yield climate benchmark

Varma is preparing to move some of its passive allocations for high-yield corporate issuers to a climate-themed exchange-traded fund (ETF), possibly one that tracks an EU Paris-aligned benchmark (PAB).

BlackRock invests in Filipino renewables developer

Navigating sustainable finance standards: speaker Q&A

In response to a recent Environmental Finance webinar on sustainable finance standards, we have hand-picked a selection of the audience questions for the panel to answer.

EU taxonomy ambition 'insufficient' on nuclear, says Platform

The European Commission's taxonomy proposals for nuclear power generation will fail to ensure such activities do not harm the bloc's environmental objectives,...

CA100+ investors to back shareholder resolution at Shell

Shareholders at oil giant Shell have announced plans to back a shareholder resolution at its upcoming annual general meeting pressuring the company to address climate risks.