Genevieve Redgrave

Mizuho partners with Africa Finance Corporation on sustainable development

Corporate green bond fund launched

A European corporate green bond fund has been launched, with seed funding from a pension fund.

Don't rush into regulating data providers, says Japan's FSA

Supervisors should not rush into regulating data providers while work to understand their "increasingly important" role in capital markets is ongoing, said Satoshi Ikeda, chief sustainable finance officer of the Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA).

Bond round-up: EIB, Massachusetts, Barloworld, KBC, NN ... and more

Investors encouraged to set nature-inclusive 'just transition' expectations

Investors have been urged to set 'just transition' expectations that also factor in aspects relating to nature, in a report by the Grantham Research Institute.

Asian banks encouraged to include nature-related risks

Banks in Asia have been encouraged to include nature-related risks in sustainability strategies, by WWF Singapore.

Japanese banks' portfolios misaligned with Paris Agreement, says 2DII

Japanese banks' loan books are misaligned with the Paris Agreement, said a paper written by the 2 Degrees Investing Initiative (2DII) and released by the Financial Services Agency (FSA)'s Finance Research Center.

Batteries and biogas fuel JLEN's shift from solar

Amidst a more competitive sustainability market, Chris Holmes and Ed Mountney tell Genevieve Redgrave it will begin investing at development stage to retain its first-mover advantage.

SBTi rules out mandating annual target reviews

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has told Environmental Finance it will not mandate companies to annually review emissions reductions targets and has ruled out setting a universal base year against which to benchmark reductions.

Australia to take 'enforcement action' against greenwashing

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has announced it will begin taking "enforcement action" against greenwashing.