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  • AfDB launches ground-breaking 'sustainable hybrid' bond

    30 January 2024

    The African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched the first 'sustainable hybrid capital' bond from a multi-lateral development bank (MDB).

  • Japan's 'green transformation' bond: A test case for transition finance

    31 October 2023

    The Japanese government's inaugural transition bond is expected to include controversial technologies. Michael Hurley reports

  • Biodiversity credits should learn 'painful lessons' from carbon market, says Bank of America

    13 October 2023

    Biodiversity credit markets need to learn "painful lessons" from the carbon markets, and may require support from governments to build their credibility, said Bank of America.

  • Gabon secures ground-breaking $500m debt-for-nature blue bond

    15 August 2023

    Gabon has issued a $500 million blue bond to fund a debt conversion which will unlock more than $160 million of funding for ocean conservation projects, becoming the first issuer of such a deal in mainland Africa and on public bond markets.

  • Private market funds establish group to boost impact fundraising

    07 July 2023

  • Absolute versus intensity targets. Part two

    15 June 2023

    Investors often leave companies to decide which type of target is most appropriate for their business. Genevieve Redgrave reports

  • Absolute versus intensity targets

    14 June 2023

    Investors are increasingly calling for companies to adopt absolute emissions reductions targets, but intensity targets continue to dominate, at least for now. Genevieve Redgrave reports

  • IIGCC to step up pressure on banks to demonstrate action on net zero

    06 June 2023

    A group representing investors with €65 trillion ($70 trillion) in assets under management has published a set of expectations for banks, as they push for more details on how banks will act on pledges to achieve net zero emissions.

  • TNFD to release disclosure metrics next week

    23 March 2023

    The Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) is set to release next week a draft reporting framework with a set of 14 external disclosure recommendations.

  • Forthcoming TNFD metrics would work in sustainability-linked instruments

    23 March 2023

    Metrics to be published by the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) next week should be usable in sustainability-linked instruments, which could speed-up TNFD adoption, a member of the initiative has told an Environmental Finance event