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  • Hard-to-abate 'transition' bonds can be 'green' if obsolescence risk managed

    19 April 2024

    Bond issuances tackling hard-to-abate sectors can have their transition-focused bonds judged as green bonds if they manage "obsolescence risk," a sustainable bond investor told an Environmental Finance event.

  • People Moves, 19 April: Barclays, Zurich, Eurosif, Scottish Widows, Robeco and ... more

    19 April 2024
  • Most businesses will not comply with CSDDD even by 2030, survey predicts

    19 April 2024

    EU and UK business leaders say they expect at least half of their supply chains will not be compliant with the proposed EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) in the next two years, and most businesses will not fully comply by 2030.

  • TotalEnergies pauses SLB plans amid weak market development

    19 April 2024

    French oil supermajor TotalEnergies told Environmental Finance it has paused plans to only issue sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) after the market for the performance-based instrument did not "develop as anticipated" - especially in the US.

  • 160 financial institutions call for international plastic treaty

    19 April 2024

    Banks, investors and insurers representing $15.5 trillion in combined assets have signed a Financial Statement on Plastic Pollution, calling for a new international treaty to tackle the issue.

  • 'Huge opportunity' for private transition credit growth, says HSBC

    19 April 2024

    There is a "huge opportunity" for private credit markets to provide transition finance, in particular direct lending through sustainability-linked loans (SLLs), said HSBC Asset Management (HSBC AM).

  • IOSCO to study risks from new green financial products

    19 April 2024
  • EFRAG calls for help in devising ESRS guidance on transition plans

    19 April 2024
  • Global guidance on transition plans would be welcome, NGFS says

    19 April 2024
  • NZAOA releases fourth target setting protocol

    19 April 2024

    The UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) has released the fourth edition of the Target-Setting Protocol (TSP V4) which expands private asset classes coverage, requires a new round of targets and introduces the assessment of govvies' holdings.