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'Significant' sustainable sukuk growth potential as 2024 starts strongly

Sustainable sukuk issuance in the first three months of 2024 reached record levels after a ground-breaking 2023 for issuance, and market experts argue greater market confidence is set to support the further growth potential for the sustainable Islamic bond market.

ISO transition plan standard working group targets COP30 launch

A group developing a proposed international standard for net zero transition planning by financial institutions aims to deliver it within 18 months, at the COP30 UN climate conference in Brazil next year.

Foresight publishes biodiversity blueprint

Foresight Group has published a blueprint to advise UK-focused investors on nature considerations for renewable investments.

'Stand up and be counted': ISSB vice-chair urges investor pushback against divergence

Investors have been urged to "stand up and be counted" by pressuring regulators to align with International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards, in a call by the group's vice-chair, Sue Lloyd.

Hong Kong publishes 'reframed' sustainable finance taxonomy

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has published its Hong Kong Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance, a sustainable classification framework for the local market.

Budget a key barrier to implementation of TNFD, says Iceberg Data Lab

Financial institutions are 'delusional' if they are not reallocating budget towards nature reporting and data, Iceberg Data Lab has warned, adding that those waiting for open-source data may be disappointed.

Fidelity launches social and sustainable bond funds

Fidelity International has launched two sustainable bond funds, including one focused on social bonds.

Majority in favour of universal SFDR disclosures, creation of 'transition' category

Respondents to a European Commission consultation on the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) indicated a preference for extending sustainability disclosure requirements to all financial products and introducing a system for categorising investment funds that would include a 'transition' category.

Kenya planning $500m sovereign SLB in 2024

Kenya is planning to raise $500 million from a ground-breaking sovereign sustainability-linked bond (SLB) in late 2024.