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  • Scope 3 'make or break' for the SLB market, says BNP Paribas

    14 July 2023

    Scope 3 emissions could "make or break" the sustainability-linked bond (SLBs) market, a sustainable finance head at BNP Paribas has told Environmental Finance.

  • FSB setting up transition plan working group

    13 July 2023

    The body that established the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) is setting up a group to study how climate transition planning can inform how regulators supervise risks to financial stability.

  • Sustainable bonds must evolve from 'signalling' to real world impact

    13 July 2023

    The growth of sustainable bonds has not been matched by the growth of sustainable investment in the real economy, and this should be the focus of the market - even if this results in slower growth, according to a sustainable investment specialist.

  • Loan round-up: Sacyr, NETSTREIT, Ambea ... and more

    13 July 2023

  • New nature law 'critical for future of EU Green Deal', says Mirova

    13 July 2023

    The adoption of the EU's Nature Restoration Law is a crucial moment for the EU Green Deal package of regulations in the face of political pushback, according to the CEO of Mirova.

  • Water scarcity to increase emerging market sovereign credit risk, says Moody's

    13 July 2023

    Growing water demand and worsening global water scarcity is set to increase sovereign credit risk, with emerging market countries and the US set to be particularly affected, Moody's Investors Service has warned.

  • Video: GSSS bonds issuance and engagement – the Polish perspective

  • Bond round-up: CEB, Heathrow Airport, Zurich ... and more

    12 July 2023

  • Some APAC banks "double counting" climate contributions, warns Fitch

    12 July 2023

    While banks in Asia Pacific's developed markets are making "good progress" on the transition, Fitch Group's CreditSights warned some may be artificially enlarging and double counting their contributions to climate change.

  • Progress on JETPs 'slower than expected', says Sustainable Fitch

    12 July 2023

    Progress on the UN's Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs) has been slower than expected, but taxonomies that include transitional activities could help emerging markets meet their decarbonisation targets, Sustainable Fitch has told Environmental Finance.