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  • Japan struggling to attract international investors on transition

    26 June 2026

    Some Japanese issuers are facing challenges attracting more international institutional investors to transition-labelled products despite their popularity with domestic investors, London Climate Action Week has heard.

  • Valuing climate resilience: the next frontier for financial markets

    25 June 2026

    The building blocks of a resilience market are starting to come into place, write Stephanie Pfeifer and Leslie Maasdorp

  • SFDR agreement criticised for allowing fossil fuels in transition funds

    24 June 2026

    EU countries agreed that companies deriving large revenues from fossil fuels could qualify for 'transition' funds under the bloc's flagship Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), in move widely criticised by NGOs.

  • UK urged to launch sovereign transition bond

    24 June 2026

    The Transition Finance Council (TFC) will explore how more transition-related financial products could be launched, a London Climate Action Week event has heard.

  • Unlikely to be 'universal agreement of credibility' for transition finance

    24 June 2026

    Although the market is unlikely to ever identify a global view around assessing transition finance credibility, Schroders told an Environmental Finance event in Singapore that there is room for focusing on "uniform elements" to apply globally.

  • Climate 'backlash' shows EU needs principles-based regulation, Mauderer says

    23 June 2026

    The "political backlash" against sustainability-related regulation shows the EU needs to pursue a less detailed framework based on principles, according to a senior central banker.

  • Transition finance brings complexity to Asia's sustainable debt market

    23 June 2026

    The growing focus on transition finance is bringing complexity to sustainable finance discussions in the Asia-Pacific region, an Environmental Finance conference heard.

  • Bloomberg-backed group seeks to catalyse national climate platforms

    22 June 2026

    A group launched with the backing of Michael Bloomberg has called for applications for financial support it said could spur national climate 'platforms' in emerging markets and developing economies.

  • Middle East deal won't pull the plug on electrification drive, says Vontobel

    18 June 2026

    Energy efficiency and electrification will remain dominant themes, even after the Iran-US conflict is resolved, says Vontobel Asset Management, as economies resolve to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon world.

  • S&P: Current transition label is a 'Version 1.0 transition tool'

    18 June 2026

    The frameworks developed for transition-labelled debt are important 'Transition 1.0' tools, but S&P Global Ratings argues that 'Transition 2.0' tools need to focus on the rate of change and the pricing impact of this.