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'Milestone' year ahead for floundering sustainability-linked bonds

The next 18 months will be a critical period for the sustainability-linked bond (SLB) market with a flurry of target observation dates, after the performance-based instrument recorded another dramatic fall in annual issuance in 2024.

Mars, Unilever & Nestle warn EU against omnibus sustainability regulation

Business giants Mars, Unilever and Nestle have urged the European Commission against reopening several sustainability rules under a proposed 'omnibus' regulation, saying they risk undermining investment and competitiveness.

Triodos: we are still looking for the "holy grail" when it comes to funding nature

Triodos Bank is set to expand its Biodiversity Net Gain lending, as it continues its search for the "holy grail" of ecosystem funding.

'Huge infra-adjacent AI projects available for sustainable VC backing'

There is a "huge opportunity" for venture capital firms to invest in artificial intelligence solutions supporting transitional infrastructure, Environmental Finance has heard.

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Nature scenarios need improvement, says NGFS

More investment is needed to improve scenario analysis for nature loss, the central banks and supervisors' Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) has said.

French regulator wades into CSRD debate with call for faster adoption of sector-specific ESRS

The French accounting standards authority has suggested the EU should speed up adoption of sector-specific reporting standards as part of a radical overhaul that could contribute to reducing requirements under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).

BlackRock launches fund with SDR label

BlackRock has launched its first fund to have a label under the UK's Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) regime.

Google agrees to 'world's largest' biochar credit purchase

Google has agreed to purchase 100,000 tonnes of carbon removal credits from Indian climate solutions start-up Varaha, in what is being labelled as "the world's largest biochar deal" to date.

Omnibus opportunity to broaden EU taxonomy use via 'simplification', LSEG suggests

Plans by the EU to reduce sustainability reporting requirements are an opportunity to simplify the bloc's taxonomy so it can be more widely used by large institutional investors such as pension funds, according to the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG).