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Voluntary carbon market has 'notable concern in quality', finds WWF tool

The Carbon Credit Quality Initiative (CCQI) has scored the quality of over a quarter of the carbon credits in the voluntary carbon market (VCM).

Sustainable bond market reaches $3.5trn milestone in 2022

The sustainable bond market crossed the $3.5 trillion milestone in the last month of 2022 despite the year falling short of setting a fresh record, according to Environmental Finance figures

ECB details corporate bond buying 'green' tilt plan

The European Central Bank (ECB) has provided further details on how it plans to "tilt" its massive €660 billion ($724 billion) private-sector bond buying programme towards 'greener' issuers, including by maintaining purchases of green bonds on the primary markets.

BNP Paribas promises 'less talk, more action' on biodiversity in 2023

Investors are likely to ramp up engagements on biodiversity in 2023, and this could lead to more shareholder resolutions, BNP Paribas Asset Management has said.

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World Bank sees 'global interest' in sovereign sustainability-linked bonds

The World Bank hopes to fuel "global interest" among sovereigns in issuing sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs), and the development bank is rapidly expanding its initiatives to support the market

Impact funds market continues to grow in tough 2022

Impact funds continued to grow despite the market sell-off in 2022, but the war in Ukraine left its mark by shifting the focus towards affordable energy and food supply,...

SLB issuers 'lose their halo', says HSBC

Sustainability-linked bonds lost their 'halo effect' in 2022, the knock-on benefits to their conventional bonds from issuing a sustainable bond, research by HSBC has found.

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RepRisk: 'Critical mass' reached on biodiversity

Finance has reached an inflection point on awareness about biodiversity, which is beginning to translate into action from some institutions, an executive at data provider RepRisk has said.