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'Dense and difficult to understand', French regulator says of taxonomy disclosures

French banks and insurers have been told by their regulator to improve their taxonomy reporting after it criticised "dense and difficult to understand" disclosures that also omitted information that was required.

LATAM Airlines signs 'milestone' sustainability-linked loan

LATAM Airlines has become the first South American airline to sign a sustainability-linked loan (SLL), with the Chile-based firm seeing the debut deal as the first step to further sustainable finance transactions - including sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs).

US investors still 'actively seeking green bonds'

As the US green bond market continues to struggle, investors must fix sustainable bond demand 'communication break', participants tell Ahren Lester

AIP fuels €550m funding round for French IPP

People Moves, 27 September: PRI, JP Morgan, GSG Impact, Crédit Agricole, ISS ESG ... and more

Sustainable Debt Americas 2024 returns to New York next week

Environmental Finance's Sustainable Debt conference returns to New York next week, Thursday 19 September. Environmental Finance subscribers receive a 30% discount to attend.

Sustainable bond 'maturity wall' to reshape market

With $1 trillion of sustainable bonds approaching maturity, will their issuers return to the market, asks Ahren Lester

CA-CIB issues debut 'Sustainability-linked Loan Bond'

French lender Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank (CA-CIB) has launched a JPY3 billion ($19 million) bond focused on financing a portfolio of sustainability-linked loans (SLLs) following a detailed set of 'best-in-class' practices.

EU Green Bond Standard is 'quite tricky' - especially for sovereigns, says CA-CIB

Issuing green bonds using the EU Green Bond Standard (GBS) is "quite tricky" and is unlikely to see a lot of issuance except among a "handful" of issuers in the near term, according to Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank (CA-CIB).

Credit Agricole CIB 'strives to engage every client on SLLs'

Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank (CA-CIB) said the French lender "almost systematically" uses the sustainability-linked loan (SLL) structure within its client discussions, but has seen a "divergence" in ambition between Europe and Asia.