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Mitsubishi, DBS & more fed Asian 'natural' gas $34.8bn in 6 years

$35bn invested in Southeast Asia fossil fuels since Paris Agreement

Mara raises $40m for 'micro-algae' food products

Emerging markets 'need their own taxonomy'

Emerging markets need their own taxonomy of sustainable activities that is even more granular than the EU Taxonomy, according to one ESG data expert.

CEB issues 'first' social bond targeting Ukraine refugee crisis

The Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) has issued a €1 billion ($1.1 billion) 'social inclusion bond' to fund the response to the Ukraine refugee crisis caused by the country's invasion by Russia, believed to be the first social bond to target the crisis.

Milestone 'rhino' bond delivers 'sustainability squared'

Investors seeking 'additionality' should be excited by the ground-breaking 'rhino' bond, the World Bank tells Ahren Lester

IBRD issues innovative 'pay-for-success' rhino bond

The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) has raised $150 million from a ground-breaking 'pay-for-success' sustainable development bond to support rhino conservation in South Africa.

Infrastructure key to hitting net-zero

Sustainable infrastructure investments are growing, but not quickly enough, Henri Blas tells Genevieve Redgrave

Microsoft among buyers of blue carbon credits from giant mangrove project

Microsoft and Trafigura are among the buyers of the first three million carbon credits to be generated by the world's largest mangrove restoration project.

Impact investing - what's the trade-off?

Investing to advance the UN SDGs involves trade-offs - but tools to minimise these are in development, writes Sebnem Sener