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

Barclays begins stress-testing for nature

Barclays has begun piloting nature stress testing as part of a drive to better understand its environmental risks.

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Barclays: Focused supply chain initiatives could become 'more common' in sustainable bonds

Barclays said targeted Scope 3 supply chain emissions initiatives are becoming a key focus for large corporates, and could become "more frequent" in sustainable bond use-of-proceeds as they become more common and mature.

Barclays: 'Surprising' rise in principal repayment penalty SLBs

There has been a "surprising" increase in the use of penalties applied to the principal repayment at maturity for sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs), according to Barclays - a move that it said could make the struggling instrument "less appealing" to investors.

Barclays: Jury still out on El Salvador's $1bn debt-for-nature swap

"Additional scrutiny" of the quality of El Salvador's $1 billion debt-for-nature swap is "warranted", Barclays has said.

Barclays calls on UK to focus on three transition finance areas

Barclays has highlighted three priorities in transition finance for the UK government that will support global decarbonisation efforts and UK climate and economic goals.

CPP invests £50m in UK residential energy services business

Environment Bank collaborates with Barclays on BNGs

Barclays: 'Practical' target timing factor at play in SLB issuance decline

Barclays argues "more practical" considerations around corporate sustainability target timelines have played a material role in the sharp sustainability-linked bond (SLB) issuance decline in recent years, but this headwind could become a tailwind as we approach 2025.