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Nature data platform launched to support investor reporting
04 October 2023NatureMetrics has launched an interactive nature data platform, to help businesses align with new reporting requirements and better highlight progress to investors.
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Are debt-for-nature swaps misunderstood?
04 October 2023Debt-for-nature swaps have faced criticism, but they may have an important role to play in protecting biodiversity in developing markets. Genevieve Redgrave reports
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Investors need to 'step up' on evaluating green bond issuers, says Cemex
03 October 2023Investors need to better evaluate the credentials of green bond issuers, rather than relying on green bond frameworks, Cemex has told an Environmental Finance conference.
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Natural Capital Investment Americas 2023: Investor hopes the SBTi will 'endorse' carbon credits
02 October 2023An Environmental Finance conference has heard hopes from market participants that the Science-based Targets Initiative (SBTi) will "endorse" the use of carbon credits as part of net zero targets.
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Natural Capital Investment Americas 2023: TNFD and biodiversity COP 'signals' to Verra to certify biodiversity credits
29 September 2023Growing demand from project developers and the rise of a nature-related disclosure framework means there are now "enough signals" for Verra to address biodiversity by developing a crediting methodology, an Environmental Finance conference has heard.
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ESG in Fixed Income Americas 2023: BlackRock: 'transition investments are green'
28 September 2023BlackRock considers credible transition projects to be 'green', rather than putting them into a transition category, an Environmental Finance conference heard.
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ESG in Fixed Income Americas 2023: Export Development Canada to issue first green bond since 2019
27 September 2023After not issuing a green bond since 2019, Export Development Canada has revealed to Environmental Finance that it will issue a green bond soon, and is considering its first-ever 'orange' bond.
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Natural Capital Investment Americas 2023: NA100 a 'really powerful vehicle', conference hears
27 September 2023The newly launched Nature Action 100 (NA100), which formally launched yesterday by sending a letter to over 100 companies which have a high impact on nature, was described as "a really powerful vehicle to help advance meaningful progress".
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Insurance Risk and Capital Americas 2023: US anti-ESG backlash is 'political risk', insurers say
27 September 2023US politicians have hijacked the ESG debate, making the job of insurers to manage their climate risk much more difficult, according to panellists at the Insurance Risk and Capital Americas 2023 conference.
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MAS backs AI to support 'transition finance'
22 September 2023The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has encouraged financial institutions to use artificial intelligence (AI) to support their efforts to financing the energy transition.
- SEC disbands ESG enforcement division
- Decarbonisation investment faces three key challenges, says Ninety One's Cooper
- Bloomberg launches transition plan credibility assessments
- Wellington: Time to stop 'annoying' rise of three-year lookback sustainable bonds
- G20 agrees to bioeconomy principles
- Electricity versus gas - the devil is in the detail
- Transition plan rules 'should require disclosure of' expected climate impact
- UK Impact market grows to £77bn, with SDR impact label a potential positive
- 'Unlikely' potential Transition Loan Principles will launch in 2024
- Sustainable Debt Round-up: IADB, Raizen Energia, Switch ... and more
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Sustainable Debt Americas 2024 conference round-up
20 September 2024Another hugely successful Environmental Finance event in New York highlights the progress that continuous innovation and improvement is providing sustainable debt markets - with plenty more to come. Ahren Lester reports
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Investors must move beyond 'lip service' on biodiversity, says Nuveen
20 September 2024Investors must move beyond "lip service" and actually be willing to look at nature and biodiversity investment opportunities, Nuveen has told an Environmental Finance conference.
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Dow Chemical could issue second green bond in the future
20 September 2024Dow Chemical has not ruled out issuing a second green bond in the future, although any decision will not be made until after the US election in November.
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Brazilian development bank to fund next wave of renewable technology
19 September 2024The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) wants to fund the next wave of renewable technology in the country, but there is a need for more blended finance, according to Luciana Costa, infrastructure, energy transition and climate change managing director at BNDES.
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Sovereign SLBs challenging due to the nature of the issuer
19 September 2024Sovereigns across the world have embraced the sustainability-linked bond (SLB) instruments, with issuance increasingly being considered, but the nature of sovereigns creates some challenges for investors, the audience at Sustainable Debt Americas 2024 heard.