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Storebrand and BNP to lead nature transition group

The Finance for Biodiversity Foundation is launching a nature transition working group in a bid to scale up capital flows towards companies reducing pressure on nature.

Achmea preps impact-focused private debt strategy for Q3 launch

Achmea Investment Management is aiming to raise €250 million ($291 million) for a new private debt strategy for institutional investors, investing across four key impact themes predominantly in the Netherlands and north-west Europe.

Exchanges lament 'fragmented sustainability regulation'

Stock exchanges have called for regulators to introduce equivalence regimes to urgently address "fragmentation" it says is the result of divergent sustainability rules.

Cambodian regulator expands sustainable bond guidance

The Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC) has expanded its sustainable bond issuance guidance to include social and sustainability bonds.

Brazil revokes mandatory sustainability reporting for listed companies

'Transition finance itself is transitioning'

The rapidly evolving geopolitical and socioeconomic landscape is forcing transition finance to reinvent itself, but could also provide a tailwind for the investment theme.

SEC cites EU, ISSB 'challenges' among reasons for revoking climate rules

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) cited "challenges faced by other climate-risk reporting regimes" including in the EU's among reasons for proposing to revoke in full its own rules.

Gecina raises €500m from five-year green bond

French real estate investment trust Gecina has raised €500 million ($581 million) from a five-year green bond after attracting strong demand from institutional investors.

Momentum behind battery storage powering CIP into new markets

Accelerating momentum behind the adoption of battery storage technology has spurred Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) to invest in an array of markets beyond its first in the UK, it said.

World Federation of Exchanges launches draft principles for transition equities

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) has published draft Transition Equity Principles for stock exchanges globally that set out a framework for identifying companies on credible decarbonisation pathways.