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Loan round-up: Watches of Switzerland, Hallett Group, StorHub... and more

SME GHG emissions reporting 'disjointed', says Bankers for Net-Zero

ESG in Fixed Income Americas 2023: BlackRock: 'transition investments are green'

BlackRock considers credible transition projects to be 'green', rather than putting them into a transition category, an Environmental Finance conference heard.

Insurance Risk & Capital Americas 2023: Climate change already making some perils 'uninsurable'

Climate change has been named as one of the biggest headwinds facing the insurance industry by a panel of risk experts, with its effects already making some perils uninsurable.

ESG in Fixed Income Americas 2023: Export Development Canada to issue first green bond since 2019

After not issuing a green bond since 2019, Export Development Canada has revealed to Environmental Finance that it will issue a green bond soon, and is considering its first-ever 'orange' bond.

Bond round-up: KfW, Snam, Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank ... and more

Natural Capital Investment Americas 2023: NA100 a 'really powerful vehicle', conference hears

The newly launched Nature Action 100 (NA100), which formally launched yesterday by sending a letter to over 100 companies which have a high impact on nature, was described as "a really powerful vehicle to help advance meaningful progress".

Insurance Risk and Capital Americas 2023: US anti-ESG backlash is 'political risk', insurers say

US politicians have hijacked the ESG debate, making the job of insurers to manage their climate risk much more difficult, according to panellists at the Insurance Risk and Capital Americas 2023 conference.

RGreen backs EV charging business with €47m financing

TNFD requires faster adoption than TCFD, says UK treasury minister

International adoption of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosure (TNFD) disclosure recommendations "must go faster" than adoption of the equivalent framework for climate, a junior minister at the UK treasury has urged.