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HASI raises $1bn from green bond in slow market

People Moves, 10 June: JP Morgan Chase, ASCOR, Eco-Markets ... and more

ISSB 'profiles' degree of alignment of national standards with its own

About 80% of jurisdictions that have said they will use the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards plan "full adoption", according to analysis the board said illustrates "the high degree of alignment" with its work.

Omitting finance-related emissions reporting will undermine comparability, ISSB told

Proposals to allow entities to omit finance-related emissions from their reporting could reduce the comparability of sustainability data, European standard setters told the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB).

Lack of impact label under SFDR would endanger market, investors warn

The impact investing market faces "serious risks" to its growth if the EU fails to create an impact label under its review of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), an investor group has warned.

Scaling sustainable sovereign debt

The sustainable sovereign debt market is gaining momentum, driven by a growing demand for financial solutions that link economic growth with environmental, social, and nature-positive outcomes, writes Barbara Oldani

Latvian water firm launches 'European Green Bond' debut

Latvian water utility firm Rīgas ūdens has launched a €60 million ($68 million) green bond programme using the recently introduced European Green Bond (EuGB) label.

Sustainable Fitch: Social-themed debt resilient despite broader labelled bond decline

Reasons for optimism amid the climate rollback

Climate disclosure rules offer a proxy for the status of sustainable finance - and it's not all bad news, writes Michael Hurley

ISSB proposes 'relief' from reporting some finance-related emissions

The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has proposed changes to its standards, to permit companies to omit disclosure of Scope 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions linked to derivatives, facilitated emissions by investment banks, and insurance-associated emissions.