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Sustainable debt round-up: IDA, OETC, ASN Bank ... and more

ASN Bank raises €500m from 'European Green Bond' debut

Dutch lender ASN Bank has issued its first €500 million ($583 million) 'European Green Bond' (EuGB) focused on financing EU Taxonomy-aligned green building loans and investments.

People Moves, 18 July: ASN Bank, HASI, Alcentra & LeapFrog

People Moves, 11 April: Edmond de Rothschild, BlueOrchard, NatWest, Aviva ... and more

PBAF launches 'first' step-by-step nature dependencies approach

The Partnership for Biodiversity Accounting Financials (PBAF) has launched a five-step approach for financial institutions to assess their ecosystem services dependencies.

ASN Bank, Calvert Impact back financial inclusion impact investor

US launches natural capital accounting strategy

A strategy for integrating natural capital accounting into the US economic statistical system has been published by the US government, partly in response to demands from private finance.

ASN Bank values nature services in 'first' calculation of its kind

ASN Bank has priced the value in US dollars of ecosystem services in four investee projects, in what it claims is the first calculation of its kind by a financial institution.

PBAF standard targets 'black box' biodiversity data

The Partnership for Biodiversity Accounting Financials (PBAF) has launched its latest version of an impact biodiversity standard that aims to tackle opaque biodiversity data.

ESG data: Transformation by regulation

As the latest update of Environmental Finance's ESG Data Guide is released, the next growth phase of the rapidly evolving ESG data market will be driven by regulation, writes Peter Cripps