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Barclays to accelerate nature integration into financial decision-making

Moving beyond emissions metrics

A single backward-looking metric will not tell you how a company's management plans to navigate the transition, writes Jonathan Noble

Sustainable Debt EMEA returns to London next week

Environmental Finance's 14th annual Sustainable Debt EMEA conference returns to London on 23 April.

L'Oreal's SLB targets miss surprises market

The targets miss highlights the need for clear communication, but also the heightened transparency SLBs bring. Ahren Lester reports

Transition and adaptation finance still at 'brainstorming' phase, says Barclays

More frameworks and education around transition and adaptation finance could help boost labelled debt issuance, but many conversations remain at an early stage, according to Barclays.

'Energy trilemma' doesn't work any more, says Barclays

The framing of the traditional 'energy trilemma' no longer works in the current economic landscape and needs to be revisited to take into account the changing geopolitical and macroeconomic backdrop, according to Barclays.

SLB performance reporting in 'strong focus' amid wave of target observations

Sustainability-linked bond (SLB) performance reporting is set to be in "strong focus" over the next few months, as a flurry of issuers are expected to report on late-2025 targets.

Calls for dedicated fund and other measures to tackle CCS finance gap

The Sustainable Market Initiative (SMI) has called for the establishment of a multimillion-dollar catalytic development fund to support carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects to help unlock financing for the sector.

Barclays hails record year for sustainable finance

Barclays said its sustainable and transition finance volumes hit record levels in 2025, after facilitating $98.5 billion in 'sustainable and transition finance', according to its annual report.

Why banks are back in the carbon markets

Growing confidence and policy support is driving banks' action in the carbon markets. Genevieve Redgrave reports