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  • Sustainable bonds 'more attractive' to investors if primary spend is clear, says APG

    01 November 2024

    Sustainable bond issuers have been urged to make it clear to investors where they primarily intend to allocate spending, according to pension fund investment firm APG - even if such guidance has to be qualitative rather than quantitative.

  • European Leaders at COP16 are Helping Protect Indigenous Lands

    01 November 2024

    Protecting 30% of the Earth should not mean expelling Indigenous Peoples and local communities from their land, write Dr. James C. Deutsch and Dr. Viviana Figueroa

  • From COP to coop

    01 November 2024

    While COP16 is important, it is also worth paying attention to a bond issue from a UK chicken producer, write Ulf Erlandsson and Trisha Hutchinson

  • Impact could top 15% of UK's total AUM by 2030, investors predict

    01 November 2024
  • Gaps remain despite progress on PAI reporting, as regulators told to step up scrutiny

    01 November 2024

    Gaps remain in financial institutions' reporting of the 'principal adverse impacts' (PAIs) of investments, and despite gradual improvements in some areas EU regulators were told to "increasingly challenge" investors on their reporting.

  • JETPs 'underestimated the scale of the problem', says DBS Bank

    01 November 2024

    With unexpected costs and slow progress, there remain questions over the appeal of Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs), particularly as many "underestimate the scale of the problem", a conference has heard.

  • World-first disclosure standards for public sector climate reporting unveiled

    01 November 2024

    World-first disclosure standards for public sector climate-related disclosures have been unveiled, which it is hoped could vastly improve data available to institutional investors in government debt.

  • US, Canada sustainable bond issuers 'diverging' on sustainability policies and impact

    01 November 2024

    US and Canadian sustainable bond markets are "diverging" with regard to the quality of their overall environmental and social profiles and the impact of their specific labelled sustainable bond issuance, according to Sustainable Fitch.

  • KKR provides $150m credit facility to US IPP Birch Creek Energy

    01 November 2024
  • Janngo closes Africa's 'largest gender-equal VC fund' at $78m

    01 November 2024