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  • Leapfrog eyes Indian climate tech

    23 February 2023

    Impact investor Leapfrog is looking for Indian climate technology opportunities this year, which it described as possibly the nation's "defining year" for the sector.

  • Philippines opens consultation on sustainability-linked bond standards

    07 February 2023

  • US, UK and Canada corporate sustainable bond issuance plummets in 2022

    07 February 2023

    Corporate sustainable bond issuance in the US, UK and Canada in 2022 shrank more sharply than in other G7 countries, some of which managed to deliver growth during a tough year...

  • IDB Invest launches 'innovative' Liberty Costa Rica SLB deal

    26 January 2023

    Telecommunications firm Liberty Costa Rica has raised $400 million from its maiden sustainability-linked bond (SLB) which will be used to support a $450 million financing deal with IDB Invest

  • EU green bond standard mired in broader market discussions

    23 January 2023

    Attempts to finalise a standard have been bogged down in talks about whether the labelled bond market also needs minimum requirements - but there is hope of resolution. Ahren Lester reports

  • SLBs at 'inflection point' in 2023 as sustainable bond market rebounds

    19 January 2023

    After struggling in late 2022, S&P's Dennis Sugrue tells Ahren Lester the sustainability-linked bond market needs to face up to its significant challenges to return as a driver rather than drag on sustainable bond growth in 2023

  • Environmental Finance reveals annual Market Rankings winners

    13 December 2022

    Environmental Finance is proud to announce the winners of its 2022 Annual Market Rankings.

  • Impax CEO: the best is yet to come despite volatile 2022

    30 November 2022

    Impax Asset Management's CEO has shrugged off a fall in assets in its full year results, arguing that "the best is yet to come" as the shift to a net-zero economy gathers pace.

  • Look past ESG scores to hedge climate risks, Fed study says

    07 November 2022

    A sample investment portfolio of stocks with low carbon intensity proved a better hedge against an unexpected climate shock than one constituted of firms with a relatively good environmental score, according to a study by the US Federal Reserve.

  • London Stock Exchange launches voluntary carbon market

    10 October 2022