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Brazil revokes mandatory sustainability reporting for listed companies

Brazil: There's no alternative to TFFF, we hope the money comes

Brazil is hopeful that the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) will hit $10 billion of pledges of sponsor capital by the end of the year and hopes the next COP will prove a catalyst for capital to flow.

Hedging currency risk to aid green growth

The IADB and Brazilian government's Eco Invest Programme is turning currency risk into opportunity, write Paul Horrocks, Callum Thomas, Anderson Caputo, Rafael Cavazzoni, Orlando de Souza and Mario Augusto Gouvea de Almeida

Forest restoration should not be overlooked

Reforestation has an important role to play in tackling the climate crisis, although two controversial issues need to be ironed out, write Armínio Fraga, Candido Bracher, Joaquim Levy, and Roberto S. Waack

A tropical forests mechanism can help scale-up financing to protect the world's forests

The proposed mechanism could attract and deploy financial resources to countries committed to forest conservation, write Pedro Moura Costa, Tasso Azevedo and Ilona Szabó

Australia invites comments on ISSB-based disclosure rules

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Brazil confirms sovereign sustainability bond debut plans for 2023

Brazil has confirmed that it is currently planning to issue a debut sustainability bond in 2023, rather than follow regional peers such as Chile and Uruguay with a sustainability-linked bond.

Brazil expects to come to market with sustainable bond in 2023

Brazil is expected to return to the international bond market in 2023 with its debut sustainable bond, according to its debt head.

Brazil to require climate risk scenarios in stress tests from 2022