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Innovative nature-linked outcomes bond launched

An innovative ZAR2.5 billion ($150 million) bond targeting a water project in South Africa is thought to be the first environmental outcomes bond issued by a commercial bank.

People Moves, 30 January: The Conservation Fund, CSSB, Luxembourg Sustainable Finance Initiative

Winners of the 2025 IMPACT Investment Awards revealed

The winners of the 2025 Environmental Finance IMPACT Investment Awards have been announced

WWF launches 'Landscape Finance Approach' to mobilise $20bn

The WWF has launched a toolkit - the 'Landscape Finance Approach' - to help investors better invest in nature through scalable landscape-level portfolios, in a bid to mobilise around $20 billion by 2030.

COP30: Fears raised that Article 6 carbon rules 'exclude nature'

COP30 has heard debate about whether the nascent carbon markets under the Paris Agreement should be open to forestry and other nature-related credits.

Bonds for Ocean Conservation secures $100m for private credit facility

A $100 million commitment from nature investor ZOMA Lab to Bonds for Ocean Conservation will be used to launch a private credit enhancement facility aimed at attracting over $100 billion in financial guarantees by 2030.

Oxygen Conservation acquires Scottish estate from Brewdog

Natural capital asset manager Oxygen Conservation has acquired a nearly 10,000 acre estate in from Scottish brewer Brewdog for an undisclosed sum.

Blue carbon costing tool launched

The Nature Conservancy has launched a tool help boost transparency about the cost pf blue carbon projects globally.

Industry must tackle structural barriers facing nature-based solutions, report finds

The narrow range of nature-based solutions able to deliver scalable nature outcomes face "persistent structural barriers", a new report has found, as investors are often constrained by "fiduciary interpretations, data gaps and mandates".

Sustainable debt round-up: IBRD, Hydro One and Avanse Finance ... and more