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AI data centre sustainable debt spurs innovation - and risk

Asia is keen to take the lead on finding flexible but credible ways for the market to support data centre investment, Ahren Lester reports

ING remains upbeat on sustainable debt, despite slow start to year

Strong demand for plain vanilla bonds and the US-Iran conflict have impacted sustainable debt issuance this year, according to ING, although it has maintained its prediction that labelled debt issuance will surpass $1.6 trillion in 2026.

Sustainable debt round-up: Intesa Sanpaolo, California Community Choice Financing Authority, Snam ... and more

Transition finance brings complexity to Asia's sustainable debt market

The growing focus on transition finance is bringing complexity to sustainable finance discussions in the Asia-Pacific region, an Environmental Finance conference heard.

Bloomberg-backed group seeks to catalyse national climate platforms

A group launched with the backing of Michael Bloomberg has called for applications for financial support it said could spur national climate 'platforms' in emerging markets and developing economies.

Draft ESRS for non-EU companies unveiled

Draft European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) for reporting by companies based outside the EU but generating large revenues in the bloc have been published, in advance of a vote to approve them for consultation next month.

S&P: Current transition label is a 'Version 1.0 transition tool'

The frameworks developed for transition-labelled debt are important 'Transition 1.0' tools, but S&P Global Ratings argues that 'Transition 2.0' tools need to focus on the rate of change and the pricing impact of this.

EU banks to be quizzed on climate-related 'financial turmoil' in stress test

EU banks are to be asked to report their exposure to climate-related physical and transition risks as part of an EU-wide stress test for the first time, the European Banking Authority (EBA) revealed.

Uganda targets debut sovereign green bond by early 2027

Uganda is targeting its inaugural sovereign green bond issuance for late 2026 or early 2027, Environmental Finance has learned.

Just transition: Sustainable bond guidance to unlock 'immense promise'

An initiative has been launched to develop "practical" guidance to integrate 'just transition' considerations into sustainable bond markets, amid fears the theme has been "lost in translation" within allocation and impact reporting.