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ISO standard to 'strengthen accountability' for financial institution transition plans

A first-of-its-kind global standard for financial institutions' transition plans has been launched. Its creators claim it will "strengthen trust, consistency and accountability across the global financial system".

S&P: Transition, adaptation in focus for next 1,000 SPOs

The SPO provider is preparing for a material shift in its work beyond climate mitigation, Christa Clapp tells Ahren Lester

Public maritime lender to issue India's first blue bond

India's maritime infrastructure financier Sagarmala Finance Corporation Limited (SMFCL) plans to issue a INR10 billion ($105 million) blue bond in the third quarter of the financial year.

Exchanges lament 'fragmented sustainability regulation'

Stock exchanges have called for regulators to introduce equivalence regimes to urgently address "fragmentation" it says is the result of divergent sustainability rules.

Swiss sustainable finance group blacklists seven oil & gas firms' bonds

The Swiss Association for Responsible Investments (SVVK-ASIR) has recommended its members halt further investments in debt issued by seven fossil fuel companies.

'Transition finance itself is transitioning'

The rapidly evolving geopolitical and socioeconomic landscape is forcing transition finance to reinvent itself, but could also provide a tailwind for the investment theme.

Lloyds provides £500m sustainability-linked loan to retrofit UK universities

Big Nature Impact Fund raises £65m after narrowing focus

Finance Earth's fund has finally reached a first close, with a refreshed remit and institutional investor backing. Genevieve Redgrave reports

World Federation of Exchanges launches draft principles for transition equities

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) has published draft Transition Equity Principles for stock exchanges globally that set out a framework for identifying companies on credible decarbonisation pathways.

BCA and IAPB update on biodiversity credit market structures

The Biodiversity Credit Alliance (BCA) and the International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity Credits (IAPB) have updated on their joint work for a high-integrity biodiversity credit market.