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Investment groups urge EU to delay changes to SFDR

European investment groups have urged the European Commission to delay proposed changes to the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), as they warned of a risk to investor confidence in the regime and to the reliability of disclosures.

Alantra bags €213m debt facility for southern Europe solar portfolio

COP28: Export credit agencies launch net-zero alliance

Bond round-up: Chile, H&M, IDB Invest ... and more

Fitch: Amazon summit sets stage for 'confrontational COP28'

Sustainable Fitch said the stage was set for a "more confrontational COP28," after "strong demands" were made at a regional summit on the sustainable development of the Amazon around developed country financing support and rising concern around regulation.

PwC spots 'contradictions' between climate and nature plans

Some climate transition plans of financial institutions have adverse effects on nature, a director at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has said.

Northern Trust: Data is greatest challenge for ESG investors

CFOs 'surprisingly committed' to hiking sustainable bond issuance, says PwC

Private sector chief financial officers (CFOs) are "surprisingly committed" to increasing their issuance of green, social and sustainability (GSS) bonds...

Bond market 'sceptical that EU social taxonomy will see light of day'

There is widespread scepticism among bond issuers and investors that the EU social taxonomy will ever come to fruition amid the challenge of finalising even the green taxonomy, according to PriceWaterhousecoopers (PwC).

50% of European bonds could be sustainable by 2026

Half of all bonds issued in Europe could be labelled green, social or sustainability (GSS) bonds by 2026, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).