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EF's Sustainable Investment Awards open for entries

Entries to Environmental Finance's annual Sustainable Investment Awards are open until 14 April 2023.

Indian stock exchange gets approval for 'social' segment

The National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) has received regulatory approval to launch a Social Stock Exchange (SSE) to help enterprises finance social initiatives, including through pay-for-success Development Impact Bonds (DIBs).

Cibus: Tree nurseries are a 'very fragmented space'

One of the key challenges to investing in companies that produce saplings is their small size, an issue reflected across natural capital, an executive at Cibus has said.

'Our role in the transition goes beyond labelled bonds'

Luxembourg Stock Exchange has a role to play in providing transparency on net zero plans, its CEO Julie Becker tells Peter Cripps

Axa IM natural capital fund invests €2m in nature tech firm

People Moves 3 March: Impact Investing Institute, ING, Rathbone Greenbank, LeapFrog ... and more

HSBC: 'Inklings' of more nuanced investor demands of SLB targets

HSBC said there are already "inklings" of investors returning to more nuanced assessments of sustainability-linked bonds (SLB) in 2023, with less pressure on issuers setting vague targets for emissions reductions in their value chains.

The fog of SFDR

Fund managers will have to wait for clarity on the EU's landmark disclosures regime, Michael Hurley writes

Ariel Re to offset carbon in novel cat bond transaction

Property, casualty and specialty reinsurer Ariel Re has issued a $125m catastrophe bond with a mechanism that will help offset carbon emissions associated with having to replace damaged property.

Ocean impact investment platform launches