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EU 'discussing criteria' for sustainable, transition categories to replace SFDR Articles 8 and 9
23 October 2024Discussions within the European Commission are "advanced" on eligibility criteria for 'sustainable' and 'transition' categories that would replace Articles 8 and 9 of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), according to a source claiming knowledge of the talks.
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Taxonomies 'struggling to support the transition', webinar hears
04 October 2024Green taxonomies need to embed forward-looking, decarbonisation pathways to help catalyse the transition to a net-zero carbon economy, a webinar heard.
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People Moves, 20 September: Mirova, CAM, Vision Ridge, AFII and more
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Aviva and Amundi score below average in analysis of climate transition plans
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Investors have 'strong preference' for Capex over Opex in sustainable bonds
17 July 2024Fixed income investors still have a "strong preference" for sustainable bonds focused on capital expenditure (Capex) rather than operational expenditure (Opex), according to a survey by the International Capital Market Association (ICMA).
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Amundi, LGIM among investors urging government to act on nature
16 July 2024Governments have been urged to take "immediate leadership" on nature and create more facilitatory financial policies in a letter signed by a group of 130 businesses and investors.
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New ICMA metrics could help 'accelerate' biodiversity finance
01 July 2024An influential list of key performance indicators (KPIs) deemed appropriate for structuring sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) has been updated - with the newly added metrics dominated by biodiversity-related datapoints, reflecting keen investor interest in the theme.
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ICMA, LMA release 'sustainability-linked loan bond' guidance
25 June 2024Two debt industry bodies have jointly published guidance for the issuance of bonds dedicated to financing sustainability-linked loans (SLLs) in order to develop a new sustainable finance product and support the credibility of the performance-based lending instrument.
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Singapore Taxonomy's CGT inclusion progressing - but without transition
07 June 2024Advanced work is underway for the Singapore-Asia Taxonomy to be added to the EU-China Common Ground Taxonomy (CGT), but it will not include the transition elements of the Singaporean sustainability list.
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Amundi: 'Very high potential' for sustainability-linked loans, bonds
29 May 2024French asset manager Amundi said sustainability-linked debt instruments can be the "right" transition impact finance tools, in particular sustainability-linked loans (SLLs) for decarbonising the balance sheets of banks.