'It's time to stop step-up-only sustainability-linked bonds'

Sustainable bond funds assets hit record $46bn in 2024

Sustainable bond fund assets edged higher, to a record $46 billion in 2024. Managers are optimistic of further growth in 2025. Ahren Lester reports

Massive 'Kellanova bond' offers Mars investors 'significant impact potential'

The $26 billion bond issuance by US confectionery and pet food firm Mars to finance its acquisition of cereal and snacks maker Kellanova offers investors the opportunity to "drive progress at pace" around sustainability impact, especially around deforestation commitments.

People Moves, 7 March: Sustainalytics; Rebalance Earth; Puro.earth ... and more

US withdraws from JETPs in Indonesia, South Africa and Vietnam

The US has withdrawn from Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs) in South Africa, Indonesia and Vietnam, leaving the blended finance initiatives facing large holes in their finances and with questions surrounding the future of JETPs.

Verra's cookstove methodology approved for CCP use