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TTMB readies 'first' domestic social bond in Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago Mortgage Bank (TTMB) is working on a potential TTD550 million ($80 million) social bond, believed to be the first in the local capital market of the Caribbean country.

Reykjavik Energy launches green bond auction

US, Japanese and UK banks lead 'forest-risk' investment

Banks across the US, Japan and the UK are leading investment into 'forest-risk' companies driving tropical deforestation, Global Witness has claimed, labelling it as 'reckless financing'.

Ninety One launches sovereign biodiversity index

Ninety One has launched an index to assess national nature and biodiversity risk.

Thames Water woes could drag UK green bond market down

Crisis at a major green bond issuer hurts lacklustre UK green bond market already struggling to attract corporate issuers, says IEEFA. Ahren Lester reports

Nature traceability systems needed to avoid 'reputational scrutiny'

Investment into nature traceability systems is needed to avoid scrutiny, Planet Tracker has said, as it calls on companies to opt for a high level of supply chain disclosure.

Osmosis wins Royal Commission mandate

ICMA: Sustainability-linked commercial paper 'existentially challenging - but exciting'

The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) hopes its observations on the difficulties in identifying "best practice" on structuring sustainability-linked commercial paper (CP) will help focus the market on how to get the "existentially challenging" product viable at scale.

UK needs to 'catch up' on sustainability assurance

Companies, investors and auditors have called for a UK regulatory framework for the assurance of sustainability reporting that is fully interoperable with international regulations.

CalSTRS backs Ninety One with $150m