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HSBC: Time to supercharge climate tech and address funding gap
17 January 2024HSBC has issued a call for collaboration to address the $2 trillion funding gap for climate technology that has not yet been commercialised.
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France raises record €8bn from new green bond
16 January 2024France has raised €8 billion ($8.8 billion) from a new green bond in the largest ever debut deal from the long-standing sovereign issuer.
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General Atlantic adds to sustainable infrastructure offering with Actis acquisition
16 January 2024Private equity giant General Atlantic has acquired sustainable infrastructure investor Actis for an undisclosed amount.
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Use of proceeds bonds 'increasingly target biodiversity'
16 January 2024Issuance of bonds that list biodiversity-related measures among their eligible 'use of proceeds' has grown "substantially" in recent years, Sustainable Fitch said, as it argued the labelled bond market has an outsized role to play in biodiversity protection.
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TNFD looking to present 'blueprint' for public data facility this year
16 January 2024The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures is looking to present a 'blueprint' of its public nature data facility to the G20 sustainable finance working group later this year, it has revealed.
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Kenya steps closer to 'attractive' sovereign green bond debut
16 January 2024Kenya has taken a step closer to issuing its debut sovereign green bond after the government approved its framework, opening a path to becoming only the fifth African sovereign to issue a labelled sustainable bond.
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Northvolt signs 'largest' European gigafactory green loan
16 January 2024Northvolt has secured a $5 billion green loan to expand capacity at its "circular" battery manufacturing site in Sweden. It is believed to be the largest green loan for a 'gigafactory' in Europe to date.
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'Absurdly cheap' renewables firms present buying opportunity, says GMO
16 January 2024Clean energy firms are "ridiculously cheap", following a sell-off in recent months, according to GMO.
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NBIM, Axa and Fidelity among 320 companies signing up to TNFD reporting
16 January 2024320 companies, including major financial institutions, have confirmed they will disclose in line with the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) over the next two reporting years.
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Nature investments 'sit uncomfortably' with investor needs, says UBS
15 January 2024Nature investments currently struggle to offer investors the stable returns they need to invest, UBS has warned, calling for more transition finance opportunities and better data to help scale up capital flows.
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- Fight or flight: Contract and financing considerations for UK SAF projects
- EU proposal to bring sustainable finance rules into single regulation risks 'chaos'
- Bahamas signs 'ground-breaking' $300m debt-for-nature loan deal
- COP29 could be remembered as the 'blended finance COP', AllianceBernstein says
- Indonesia brings forward coal phase out
- UK pledges £239m to tackle deforestation
- COP29: Financing Net Zero
- Scaling Biodiversity Credits
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