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'First-of-its kind' sustainable infrastructure label launched

SUSI Partners bags extra $139m for SE Asia strategy

How development finance can increase energy access in Africa

BII's Leslie Maasdorp outlines some of the steps that could help bring the benefits of electricity to 300 million more Africans by the end of the decade

'Race to Belém' launched to scale rainforest finance

An initiative to scale private investment into protection of the Brazilian rainforest has been launched at the World Economic Forum in Davos, with a commitment of up to $100 million by nature investor Silvania.

Tailor SFDR to fit 'unique' pension fund needs, Dutch association urges EU

People Moves, 17 January: Mark Carney; Barclays; Regeneration.VC; Terra Impact Ventures ... and more

IFC raises $2bn from largest social bond

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has issued its largest ever social bond, with the $2 billion deal also attracting the largest ever orderbook for the instrument from the development finance institution.

Japan: The case for transition bonds

A transition bond is 'beneficial' for investors, GX Acceleration Agency's Hideki Takada tells Ahren Lester

SWEN leads £31m funding round in UK green hydrogen business

EU sustainability omnibus regulation 'like opening Pandora's box'

The EU faces a complicated task balancing its drive for 'simplification' of sustainability reporting with ensuring it does not adversely affect a complex network of regulations linked to the EU Green Deal - a move one observer likened to "opening Pandora's box".