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Natural capital projects looking to performance-linked instruments

Natural capital project developers are increasingly considering performance-linked debt, such as outcome bonds or sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs), to help attract more private finance, attendees at the Environmental Finance Natural Capital Investment EMEA 2025 conference heard.

EBRD cautious with 'blue bonds' to avoid becoming a 'gimmick'

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) told an Environmental Finance event that it is working with an unnamed issuer on a potential 'blue bond', but said it was being a "bit careful" with the sustainable water-focused label.

Credit guarantees needed for Indonesia's sustainable infrastructure transition

Disasters and currency risk: implications for development and climate finance

Foreign exchange risk is a development risk, and tackling it should be a core pillar of global efforts to build resilience in disaster-prone economies, write Ulrich Volz, Yuen Lo, Harald Hirschhofer and Callum Thomas

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SLBs: 'Flight to quality' amid complexity challenge could be a positive

The underappreciated complexity of the sustainability-linked bond (SLB) has played a major role in the issuance decline in recent years, but...

SDCL partners with Schneider Electric for energy efficiency solutions

'No one got fired for investing in a BlackRock US mid-sized lending strategy'

A conference heard that flexibility on fiduciary duty is needed to unlock sustainable investments in emerging market investments, Jennifer Forrest reports.

Fannie Mae joins IBRD in exclusive $200bn sustainable bond club

US government-owned mortgage provider Fannie Mae has raised more than $200 billion from sustainable bonds, becoming only the second issuer to cross this milestone.

Ninety One's EAAIF reaches $1.5bn of committed portfolio

The Emerging Africa and Asia Infrastructure Fund (EAAIF) has grown its committed loan portfolio to more than $1.5 billion, it told Environmental Finance.