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'First step' pure-play sustainable loan assessment guidance launched

Influential loan market trade associations have published guidance on how to identify 'pure play' corporate borrowers that are focused almost exclusively on green or social activities.

DeA Capital Real Estate secures €280m green loan for Rome project

DeA Capital Real Estate has signed a €280 million ($319 million) green loan underwritten by Crédit Agricole CIB to support the development of a Four Seasons Hotel in Rome.

Poultry producer agrees €450m sustainability-linked loan refinancing

Scandi Standard has agreed the main terms of a new €450 million ($514 million) sustainability-linked loan to refinance its existing bank facilities and support the poultry producer's long-term growth plans.

The four drivers of energy storage

It is not just renewables growth, but also other factors such as grid volatility and geopolitics that create the need for storage, writes Alex O'Cinneide

Cadeler secures €247m green loan for offshore wind vessel

EAAIF and BII support Blueleaf Energy $75m mezzanine facility

UK deforestation regulation clear 'investment signal'

New UK deforestation regulation could create "long-term market opportunities", investors have told Environmental Finance, while urging alignment with the EU.

CSRD 'simplification' saga nears end with adoption of EU standards

Observers have welcomed the adoption of heavily reduced European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), a development they said would accelerate preparations for implementation following almost two years of uncertainty.

Clifford Capital targets $600m for transition vehicle

After reaching a $250m first close, its ETAF blended finance vehicle is looking for deals, Lily Choh tells Rob Langston

Human rights impacts should be part of nature disclosure

Financial materiality is only part of the picture. Nature disclosure must go further, writes Marina Comandulli