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  • Blue bond label important despite 'colour fatigue', says IFC

    30 September 2024

    Despite potential 'colour fatigue' its important to differentiate blue products, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and T. Rowe Price have said, calling for more investors to move into the market.

  • ICE launches US muni bond physical climate risk indexes

    26 September 2024
  • Rush to regulate ESG ratings raises risk of having to backtrack, Japan FSA chief says

    26 September 2024

    The EU risks having to "backtrack" on its regulation of disclosure by providers of ESG ratings, according to a Japanese regulator.

  • Voluntary Carbon Market Rankings 2024 announced

    23 September 2024

    Environmental Finance received more than 7,000 votes across 23 separate categories for this year's Voluntary Carbon Market Rankings rankings, as readers nominated leading companies and initiatives in the sector that exhibit best practice or innovation.

  • NAIC defends climate work against political questioning

    20 September 2024

    The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has defended its work on climate-risk and resilience-related efforts against questioning from US politicians focused on the crisis in the country's property insurance market.

  • Japan's FSA lists sustainable finance disclosures among work priorities

    18 September 2024
  • Sustainable Debt Americas 2024 returns to New York next week

    12 September 2024

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

  • Winners of the Sustainable Company Awards 2024 revealed

    10 September 2024

    The winners of the 2024 Environmental Finance Sustainable Company Awards have been unveiled, recognising best practice and innovation in corporate sustainability.

  • Risk of fragmentation of ESG ratings regulation remains despite IOSCO work, CDP warns

    03 September 2024

    Differences in how countries have devised rules or voluntary codes of conduct for ESG ratings and data shows that there remains a risk of divergence between jurisdictions that raises costs for providers and users, CDP has warned.

  • World Bank issues landmark Amazon reforestation-linked bond

    14 August 2024

    The World Bank has raised $225 million from its biggest ever outcomes-based bond that links its coupon payments to verified carbon removal credits generated by reforestation projects in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil.