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Australian financial institutions to pilot sustainable finance taxonomy

The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) has published the Australian sustainable finance taxonomy covering "green and transition" activities - including those in minerals, mining and metals - which will now be tested by some of the country's largest financial institutions.

A principles-based approach would help grow transition loan market, conference hears

A principles-based approach to defining 'transition' activities could help to grow the transition loan market, attendees at an Environmental Finance conference heard, due to the difficulties of establishing a taxonomy across different jurisdictions.

Sustainable bond diversification into adaptation and nature 'quite clear'

The growing diversification of the sustainable bond market into areas including climate adaptation- and nature-related use of proceeds has become a clear trend, ...

Moody's: Sustainable bond issuance in 2025 to 'hold steady' at $1trn

Sustainable bond issuance volumes are forecast to remain flat at around $1 trillion in 2025 amid continued growth from green bonds and an emerging market "bounce back," according to Moody's Ratings.

Moody's: 'Stark difference' in debut sustainable bond issuers entering market in 2024

There has been a "quite dramatic" decline in new issuers entering the sustainable bond market in 2024 as issuers take longer to move from formulating frameworks to executing deals ...

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