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Webinar: Transition finance 'too caught up in labels'

Despite the lack of clarity in the market on how the theme of transition can be incorporated into sustainable loans and bonds, there is often too much focus on labelling, an Environmental Finance webinar has heard.

Franklin Templeton launches two green bond ETFs

Franklin Templeton has launched two actively managed green bond exchange-traded funds (ETFs), four years after its ground-breaking debut green bond ETF launch.

Aareal Bank plans benchmark green bond after tightening green building criteria

Aareal Bank is planning to issue its third benchmark-sized green bond in 2024, after the German property lender updated its green finance framework with new and tightened green building criteria.

Emerging market ESG disclosure impact on sustainable bond issuance research launched

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Environmental Finance have published the first in a trio of free-to-read research papers on the impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure levels on sustainable bond issuance in emerging markets.

UK 'likely' to make TNFD mandatory

The UK is 'likely' to make Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosures-aligned disclosures mandatory, according to Linklaters.

Sustainable sukuk 'to nearly double market share in five years'

Fitch Ratings said that sustainable sukuk could grow to be 7.5% of the overall sukuk market by 2028, up from 4% at the end of the third quarter.

Bpifrance: Green, social bonds will be half of funding from 2024

French public sector investment bank Bpifrance has issued its first ever social bond, and said that from 2024 it expects half of its annual funding to be secured through green and social bond issuance.

AUD260bn of Australian banks' financing impacts nature

Australian banks have been called on to better address nature in their strategies, after a report by EY found AUD 260 billion ($165 billion) worth of financing goes to sectors causing "huge impacts" on nature.

ESG data regulation risks fragmenting industry, major data providers warn

Divergence in regulatory approaches risks fragmenting the lucrative global market for ESG data, a group of major data providers has warned.

South Pole walks away from voluntary carbon project