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G20 called on to develop 'credible' nature investment products

The UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) has called on G20 countries to de-risk nature investments and support the development of biodiversity credits.

Australia's Commonwealth Bank says it will only finance fossil fuels backed by transition plan

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has won praise for saying it will not provide new financing to major fossil fuel companies that do not have a credible climate transition plan.

Catalysing private investment in UK's transition 'a failing strategy', warns academic

The UK government should stop trying to de-risk private investment, an academic has argued, instead calling for major uptick in government bond issuances to invest in green infrastructure.

Sustainable Debt Americas 2024: early bird ends on Friday

The early bird rate for Environmental Finance's annual Sustainable Debt Americas conference will end this Friday, so register now to save 20%. Environmental Finance subscribers receive a further 30% discount.

Emirates NBD developing 'Sharia first' sustainable finance framework

Emirates NBD is preparing to publish an innovative framework for sustainable bond and sukuk issuance in October, which it hopes will help scale the Islamic sustainable finance market.

Planet Tracker expands nature scorecards

Planet Tracker has expanded its scorecards for over 1,000 companies, to better reflect new market initiatives, including the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD).

SEBI targets social, sustainability-linked and securitised debt in rule extension

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is considering expanding its green bond framework to include social, sustainability and sustainability-linked fixed income instruments and securitised debt.

Jefferies flags food, tiremaker stocks for investor scrutiny as EU Deforestation Regulation looms

Investors have been advised to scrutinise several companies for engagement, including Hankook, Nexen, Golden-Agri Resources and Darling Ingredients, as stocks potentially negatively exposed to EU rules set to impose strict due diligence requirements from next year.

BoJ lends $49bn to spur climate investment

Banks' climate data struggles are clouding their view of price changes, ECB says

Banks in the eurozone struggle to collect even the most basic data on climate risks to commercial real estate, despite evidence that pricing "is already clearly being affected by" physical climate risks, the European Central Bank (ECB) has said.