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Mining set to benefit from 'significant' ICMA 'green enabling' update

The International Capital Markets Association (ICMA) guidance on eligible 'green enabling' projects for sustainable bonds is a "significant expansion" of use-of-proceeds, according to Sustainable Fitch- with mining projects set to particularly benefit.

ASEAN Taxonomy extended to transport, construction and real estate

An update to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance has seen the ground-breaking 'green' list extended to cover the transport and construction and real estate sectors.

People Moves, 23 February: Sustainable Fitch, AIB, Climate X, IFRS Foundation ... and more

'Transition is the new battleground'

Following the launch of ASEAN transition finance guidance, Eugene Wong argues that the shift to net zero requires a local, rather than a global, approach. Ahren Lester reports

The benefits of sovereign carbon credits

UNFCCC REDD+ Sovereign Carbon should form part of corporate climate mitigation portfolios, argue Kevin Conrad and Alistair Mullen

ASEAN sustainable fund standards will need tightening, says HSBC

A proposal for an ASEAN sustainable fund standard is a "good start" but will need to be tightened to align it with other international standards...

CME launches 'first' sustainable derivatives clearing service

Financial derivatives exchange operator CME is launching what is believed to be the first sustainable derivatives clearing service...

Nomura, HSBC and ING among ASEAN sustainable finance working group members

An industry advisory panel (IAP) of sustainable finance has been launched by the ASEAN Capital Markets Forum (ACMF)...

People moves, 4 June: NGFS, BoE, SEB, Redington ... and more

BMO launches Energy Transition Group, headed by Engen and Hackett