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French asset owners launch search for private markets biodiversity fund manager
19 March 2025A group of French asset owners has launched a process to select the manager of a €150 million ($160 million) private markets biodiversity fund.
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'Resilience credits' could help finance mangrove protection
05 March 2025'Resilience credits' are a potential revenue stream for mangroves and other types of ecosystems, a conference heard.
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Sustainalytics brings in four-tier SPOs, in significant overhaul of framework
03 March 2025Morningstar Sustainalytics has overhauled its framework for issuing second-party opinions (SPOs) on green bonds and other use of proceeds bonds, Environmental Finance has learned.
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European public sector issuers 'setting the standard' for the GSS bond market
20 February 2025European public sector issuers of green, social and sustainability (GSS) bonds have raised their game over the past four years, a report found.
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CEB lists Sterling social bond on LSE
19 February 2025The Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) has listed its first-ever Sterling-denominated Social Inclusion Bond (SIB) on the London Stock Exchange (LSE).
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Don't throw the EU Taxonomy baby out with the Omnibus bathwater, says Waygood
18 February 2025The EU has been urged to keep the faith in its taxonomy of sustainable activities, as it plans to overhaul its sustainability reporting requirements.
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Don't drop 'double materiality' from the CSRD, urges EthiFinance
17 February 2025The EU should resist pressure to scrap double materiality from the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) as it overhauls its sustainability reporting regime, EthiFinance has argued.
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Tweak Solvency II to make it easier to invest outside OECD, says Banque de France
11 February 2025A senior representative of the Banque de France has called for the European capital adequacy regime for insurers to be amended to allow more investment in non-OECD countries.
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We want the greenium to go away, says Amundi
06 February 2025An Amundi fixed income specialist argued that green-labelled bonds should not attract a 'greenium'.
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Ashmore plans $3bn EM impact debt fund
06 February 2025Emerging markets-focused asset manager Ashmore plans to raise $3 billion for its first impact debt fund, a conference heard.
- 'World first' carbon credit standard launched
- Blended finance in fragile contexts: Ukraine as a test case
- Sustainable Bonds Insight 2025
- EU countries agree to 'stop the clock' on CSRD reporting
- Trade associations launch 'refreshed' sustainable loan principles
- Axa IM 'downgrades' and 'may reduce exposure to' companies that weakened climate targets
- Taxonomy cuts to 'significantly damage' sustainable investment market, warn EU advisers
- Reliance on taxonomy would be ill-advised in overhauled SFDR, ICMA tells EU
- ASCOR: Growth, refinements to continue after 'strong' 2024
- Canada, Japan targeted in PRI sovereign engagement initiative expansion
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Persefoni to launch carbon footprinting tool after raising $23m
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Why nature can't wait for capital
28 March 2025It's time to bring high-integrity carbon projects to the forefront, and leave behind approaches that prioritise carbon accounting over genuine nature restoration, writes Tim Ferraro
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Indian muni issuers still 'missing green bond potential'
28 March 2025Indian municipal issuers are still missing the opportunity to issue green bonds with only a "small" proportion of the debt raised for potentially green-eligible projects being labelled as such,...
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Axa IM 'downgrades' and 'may reduce exposure to' companies that weakened climate targets
28 March 2025European fund management giant Axa Investment Managers has "downgraded" companies that weakened their decarbonisation targets and is considering selling some of its holdings in these companies due to perceived increased risk, a sustainability head said.
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SEC ends defence of climate rule in 'backward step for investors'
28 March 2025The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has ended defence of its own climate disclosure rule, signalling a major blow to hopes it could be saved from legal challenges.