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NZBA ditches requirement to target 1.5°C alignment to give banks more 'flexibility'

The Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) has approved changes to its framework to no longer require targeting 1.5°C alignment - instead allowing members to choose from "a wider range of net-zero pathways ... to limit global temperature rise to 'well below 2°C' and to strive for 1.5°C".

Sustainable Debt awards - Personality of the year: Bodo Winkler-Viti, Berlin Hyp

Berlin Hyp funding and investor relations head Bodo Winkler-Viti has secured the 'Personality of the year' award at the Environmental Finance Sustainable Debt Awards 2025 for his role as a "true pioneer" in sustainable debt markets for a decade.

Santander Chile signs $100m 'sustainability-linked' green building loan

Bloomberg, Cambridge developing 'game-changing' fossil fuel expansion-focused bond index

The University of Cambridge and Bloomberg are developing the 'first' global bond index focused on excluding companies that are expanding their fossil fuel activities.

Winners of the 2025 Sustainable Debt Awards revealed

The winners of the 2025 Environmental Finance Sustainable Debt Awards have been announced.

Climate policy pendulum may bring near-term relief but longer-term pain, S&P says

Weakened climate-related policy in the US and Europe does not necessarily mean companies are exposed to less climate-related financial risk - with near-term relief tinged with the prospect of longer-term pain, according to credit ratings agency S&P.

Green bond issuers 'need to know what counts' as climate adaptation investment

For more climate adaptation and resilience investments to feature in green bond transactions there is a need for taxonomies to be developed and public issuers to come to the market, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

ESMA recommends cutbacks to ESG disclosures for benchmarks

Sustainability-related disclosures by providers of investment benchmarks should be cut to "reduce burden for administrators", the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has said.

Sustainable debt round-up: Nordea, SNCF, EIB ... and more

Commercial Bank of Ceylon plans LKR15bn green bond 'Tier 2' debut

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon (ComBank) is planning to raise up to LKR15 billion ($50 million) from its inaugural green bond, believed to be only the third sustainable bond issuance in the country and the first issued as a 'Tier 2' bond.