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Sustainability regulation can 'force' investors away from 'niche' data providers
17 October 2024Sustainable finance regulations effectively "force" investors to turn to "big" data providers over more "niche" providers, an Environmental Finance event has heard.
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Recognising sustainability as a risk biggest challenge for ISSB standards
17 October 2024Convincing businesses of the sustainability risks is one of the biggest challenges for implementing ISSB standards, attendees at the Environmental Finance Sustainability Data EMEA 2024 conference heard.
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Elizabeth Wallace (Ontario Financing Authority) @ Sustainable Debt Americas 2024
15 October 2024Elizabeth Wallace, Senior Manager Funding, Capital Markets Division at Ontario Financing Authority, shares her views on Ontario's sustainable bond funding program.
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Ontario: Sustainable bond market is 'lightyears' ahead of where it was 10 years ago
09 October 2024The ground-breaking provincial green bond issuer reflects on the growing sophistication of the market over the past decade. Ahren Lester reports
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Emirates NBD launches SLLB framework ahead of potential issuance
30 September 2024Emirates NBD has published its first Sustainability-Linked Loan Financing Bond Framework for the financing of sustainability-linked loan bonds (SLLBs), ahead of a potential issuance.
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Australian super funds increasingly looking at green bonds
24 September 2024As Australian superannuation funds "mature" on sustainability, they are increasingly looking at labelled bonds and expecting higher credentials from issuers, the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) has said.
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Voluntary Carbon Market Rankings 2024 announced
23 September 2024Environmental Finance received more than 7,000 votes across 23 separate categories for this year's Voluntary Carbon Market Rankings rankings, as readers nominated leading companies and initiatives in the sector that exhibit best practice or innovation.
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BNDES warns not all Brazil's reforestation projects will be economically viable
23 September 2024Financing Brazil's reforestation will be critical to delivering the country's Paris Agreement commitments, but projects might not always be "economically viable" for the private sector, BNDES has said.
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'Are green bonds the appropriate place for early-stage technology investment?'
23 September 2024AXA Investment Managers has argued that research and development (R&D) investment into emerging green and transition technologies should not be a too large element of green bond allocation, as the bond markets are maybe not the most appropriate place for these riskier investments.
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Step-down SLBs a 'hard sell' for investors - but 'step-backs' have potential
23 September 2024Sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) with a 'step-down' coupon on achieving certain targets are a "hard sell" for investors, an Environmental Finance event heard - but 'step-back' coupon deals could prove more popular.