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Saint-Gobain: EU Taxonomy 'opened green bonds for us'
28 March 2024French construction materials firm Saint-Gobain switched from sustainability-linked bonds to green bonds for its latest sustainable bond deal, after EU Taxonomy-aligned disclosures helped it identify eligible activities.
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ASEAN Taxonomy extended to transport, construction and real estate
27 March 2024An update to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance has seen the ground-breaking 'green' list extended to cover the transport and construction and real estate sectors.
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Royal London AM invests £260m in UK regenerative agriculture farmland
27 March 2024Royal London Asset Management has acquired 21,000 acres of farmland in a £260 million joint venture with the South Yorkshire Pensions Authority (SYPA), which will be used for regenerative agriculture projects and nature-based solutions.
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Government intervention could drive circular economy investing, Schroders says
27 March 2024Government intervention could be crucial for creating more investable circular economy-focused opportunities, Schroders has claimed.
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France and Brazil launch €1bn Amazon investment plan
27 March 2024The French and Brazilian presidencies have announced a roadmap to raise €1 billion ($1.1 billion) of public and private finance for the protection of the Amazon over the next four years.
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Philippines power firm EDC readies PHP10bn green bond
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'US IRA has worked where taxonomies have not'
27 March 2024A senior banker has argued that the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) economic incentive package has delivered real climate-focused financial flows in a way that 'green' taxonomy-focused approaches have not.
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AI part of the toolkit for energy transition, says SET Ventures
26 March 2024Energy transition-focused venture capital investor SET Ventures is looking to increase its reliance on artificial intelligence as a value creator with its latest fund, Environmental Finance understands.
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EU rowback on agricultural policy 'irresponsible', say investors
26 March 2024A proposal to water down environmental protections within the EU's Common Agricultural Policy has been deemed "irresponsible" by investors.
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Cornwall Pension Fund pumps £40m into Octopus Energy Transition Fund
26 March 2024Cornwall Pension Fund has made a £40 million ($50 million) commitment to the Octopus Energy Transition Fund (OETF).
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Built environment should be a core block of nature strategies, says Pollination
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L&Q faces SLB coupon 'step-up' on target miss
25 March 2024UK social housing charity London & Quadrant (L&Q) said it was "likely to miss" a greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions target linked to its ground-breaking sustainability-linked bond (SLB), triggering an additional £3 million ($3.8 million) of coupon payments.
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Calvert invests $10m in sub-Saharan agribusiness fund
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Actis sells South African fibre operator to African Infrastructure Investment Managers
25 March 2024 -
SLB step-ups a long way from being financially punitive, says Barclays
25 March 2024The penalties for missing the targets set by sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) would have to be at least 10 times what the market currently offers to be big enough to incentivise companies to change their behaviour, Barclays has argued.
- NZBA has little impact on decarbonisation, ECB paper says
- SLB step-ups a long way from being financially punitive, says Barclays
- Sustainability-linked bond issuance limps into 2024
- Oil and gas giants' climate opacity keeps investors in the dark, CA100+ assessments show
- Tesla and General Motors face deep sea mining shareholder resolutions
- EU releases biodiversity risk assessment framework
- L&Q faces SLB coupon 'step-up' on target miss
- EU rowback on agricultural policy 'irresponsible', say investors
- Morningstar launches innovative transition indexes
- CSDDD transition plan requirement 'little more than window dressing'