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Loan round-up: Lango, Uje Rugove, Indorama Ventures...and more

UK taxonomy working group releases final recommendations

Amidst prolonged delays to the development of the UK's taxonomy, the working group has released its final recommendations, suggesting that the Financial Reporting Council could to take over its work.

BlackRock launches transition private debt fund

BlackRock has launched a climate-focused private debt fund, as it continues to ramp up its focus on the transition to a net zero economy.

Nature data platform launched to support investor reporting

NatureMetrics has launched an interactive nature data platform, to help businesses align with new reporting requirements and better highlight progress to investors.

Bond round-up: UK, Wienerberger, Development Bank of Rwanda... and more

NGFS unveils 'short-term' climate scenarios for prudential stress testing

A group of central bankers has published a framework for modelling physical and transition climate-related risks over three-to-five years, to be used for prudential stress testing and to "enable financial actors to properly assess the resilience of the financial sector".

Zero-deforestation soy finance initiative raises $36m

The RCF Cerrado Programme fund has secured further commitments, representing four-fold growth since last year.

Investors need to 'step up' on evaluating green bond issuers, says Cemex

Investors need to better evaluate the credentials of green bond issuers, rather than relying on green bond frameworks, Cemex has told an Environmental Finance conference.

ESG in Fixed Income Americas 2023: Investors call for green bond market improvements

Investors recommended structural improvements for some of the deals in the labelled bond market, hoping it may lead to improved quality of transactions.

Natural Capital Investment Americas 2023: Investor hopes the SBTi will 'endorse' carbon credits

An 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.