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  • EDF 'open' to exploring debt for nature swaps

    03 April 2025

    French energy giant EDF is 'open' to exploring a debt for nature swap transaction if the concept becomes available for corporate issuers, an Environmental Finance conference has heard.

  • Step-downs are essential for our SLB, says Slovenia

    03 April 2025

    While the structure of Slovenia's sustainability-linked bond (SLB) is yet to be decided, the inclusion of a coupon step-down is "essential", its Treasury head told a conference.

  • Green bond issuers should ride out geopolitics, says Slovenian government

    03 April 2025

    Green bond issuers need to "hope for the best" amid more difficult geopolitical circumstances, an Environmental Finance conference heard.

  • Amundi 'very surprised' ICMA and EU GBS don't align

    03 April 2025

    Amundi has told an Environmental Finance panel it was "very surprised" that the EU did not align its Green Bond Standard (GBS) with the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) Green Bond Principles.

  • 'Momentum returning' to SLL market but targets and transition plans must improve, webinar hears

    27 March 2025

    Momentum is returning to the sustainability-linked loan (SLL) market but further work is needed to ensure the credibility of Sustainability Performance Targets (SPTs), an Environmental Finance webinar heard.

  • Sustainable Debt EMEA returns to London next week

    27 March 2025

    Environmental Finance's 13th annual Sustainable Debt EMEA conference returns to London on 3 April.

  • Sustainable bond funds upbeat after positive year

    18 March 2025

    The sustainable bond fund market recorded its second consecutive year of positive returns in 2024, with optimism high for another robust year for fixed income returns. Ahren Lester reports

  • Corporates need to start thinking about offsets now, says Aberdeen

    06 March 2025

    Corporates have been too focused on decarbonisation of their operations and are not thinking enough about the future costs of carbon offsets, investor Aberdeen told an Environmental Finance conference. as it bets on increasing carbon prices in its own strategy.

  • 'Hard to justify' nature financing within fixed income

    06 March 2025

    Companies looking to finance their nature targets will face challenges with fixed income instruments, the Environmental Finance Natural Capital EMEA conference in London heard.

  • Natural capital projects looking to performance-linked instruments

    05 March 2025

    Natural capital project developers are increasingly considering performance-linked debt, such as outcome bonds or sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs), to help attract more private finance, attendees at the Environmental Finance Natural Capital Investment EMEA 2025 conference heard.