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Japan: Australia 'should have issued a transition bond'

A senior Japanese government official said Australia should have pursued a 'transition bond' label for its sovereign sustainable bond programme as a way of encouraging key hard-to-abate sectors to start seriously thinking about their own transition.

CA100+ loses support from two more US asset managers

US-based AllianceBernstein and Allspring have become the latest asset managers to quit the Climate Action 100+.

Orchard Street impact fund buys industrial estate for £21m

New ICMA metrics could help 'accelerate' biodiversity finance

An influential list of key performance indicators (KPIs) deemed appropriate for structuring sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) has been updated - with the newly added metrics dominated by biodiversity-related datapoints, reflecting keen investor interest in the theme.

'Greenwashing' is the 'Loch Ness monster' of the green bond market

A veteran green bond market participant said 'greenwashing' was not really present in the green bond market despite substantial hand-wringing around the topic.

Vidia acquires Danish wind business

Ambienta backs industrial heating decarbonisation business

Google invests in BlackRock-owned solar developer

First 'blue bond' in Vietnam issued

Southeast Asia Commercial Bank (SeABank) has raised $75 million from a sustainable bond which is the first in Vietnam to include a 'blue bond' tranche focused on sustainable marine and water projects.

Impact Expansion reaches €150m hard cap with maiden fund

Impact Expansion, a spin-out from European impact investment firm KOIS Impact, has closed its debut fund at its €150 million ($160 million) hard-cap.