IFC breached standards on palm oil financing – ombudsman

US regulator approves voluntary carbon credit guidance

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has approved guidance on the listing of voluntary carbon credit derivative contracts for CFTC-regulated derivatives exchanges, which the agency said would drive standardisation, deter market manipulation and help price discovery.

Green bond reporting requirements are 'crazy'

The volume of green bond reporting requirements for participants is at "crazy" levels, according to panellists at the Environmental Finance's Sustainable Debt Americas 2024 conference held in New York this morning.

BlackRock: 'US IRA has not triggered green bond issuance - yet'

The significant investment in sustainable activities stimulated by the huge US clean technology stimulus programme has not boosted green bond issuance in the country yet, but BlackRock told an Environmental Finance event that this could change soon.

People Moves, 20 September: Mirova, CAM, Vision Ridge, AFII and more

MSCI enters carbon project ratings market