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Bpifrance: Green, social bonds will be half of funding from 2024

French public sector investment bank Bpifrance has issued its first ever social bond, and said that from 2024 it expects half of its annual funding to be secured through green and social bond issuance.

AUD260bn of Australian banks' financing impacts nature

Australian banks have been called on to better address nature in their strategies, after a report by EY found AUD 260 billion ($165 billion) worth of financing goes to sectors causing "huge impacts" on nature.

ESG data regulation risks fragmenting industry, major data providers warn

Divergence in regulatory approaches risks fragmenting the lucrative global market for ESG data, a group of major data providers has warned.

South Pole walks away from voluntary carbon project

Video: Export Development Canada’s green bond journey

Calls for speedier grid connection for UK renewables projects

SEC's Gensler warns against legal challenge to climate disclosure rules

US companies will follow overseas climate reporting rules if an update to the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) climate rule is overturned in court, the regulator's head warned.

Biodiversity can't become another 'four-letter framework'

Biodiversity should not become another four-letter framework that boards think about once a year, Neuberger Berman has said.

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Investors 'trapped in quandary over whether 1.5°C is achievable'

Investors are "trapped" in a quandary of working towards targets based on keeping warming to 1.5°C, while confidence evaporates that countries and companies are reducing emissions at a fast enough rate to do so, an asset owner has warned.