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Actis bags $1.7bn for 'long-life' infra fund

Sustainable infrastructure investor Actis has secured $1.7 billion for its second long-life infrastructure fund.

Cautious optimism as banking regulators hold firm on climate risk work

The outcome of a meeting of the global banking regulators on the Basel Committee was "not as bad as it could have been" with regard to their climate-related financial risk activities, but there remains uncertainty about the future of some of its significant projects.

NZBA ditches requirement to target 1.5°C alignment to give banks more 'flexibility'

The Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) has approved changes to its framework to no longer require targeting 1.5°C alignment - instead allowing members to choose from "a wider range of net-zero pathways ... to limit global temperature rise to 'well below 2°C' and to strive for 1.5°C".

Social bonds to finance defence? 'Not yet', panellists say

The prospect of social impact bond issuance to finance investments in defence should not be seen as a viable option, according to panellists at Environmental Finance's Sustainable Debt EMEA conference.

Biodiversity data tool map finds key imbalances

The Nature Tech Collective and Conservation International have partnered to launch a map of biodiversity data tools on the market, finding that key imbalances remain with some technologies failing to meet their "full potential".

Actis acquires Indian portfolio from Macquarie

People Moves, 21 March: EQT, Transition Finance Council, Danske Bank, EIFO ... and more

Australian court imposes AUD11m fine on Active Super for greenwashing

People Moves, 14 March: Circularity Capital; Actis; Credit Agricole ... and more

Natural capital projects looking to performance-linked instruments

Natural capital project developers are increasingly considering performance-linked debt, such as outcome bonds or sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs), to help attract more private finance, attendees at the Environmental Finance Natural Capital Investment EMEA 2025 conference heard.