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GuarantCo guarantees bonds to support digital infrastructure in Indonesia

Climate risk 'contagion' from delayed emerging markets transition flagged in UK review

Growing climate-related risks in emerging markets and developing economies raise the prospect of "contagion" threatening global financial stability, according to a 120-page review commissioned by the UK government.

Sustainable debt round-up: Emirates NBD, Adnoc, SSEN Transmission ... and more

SSEN Transmission secures £1bn green loan

Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Transmission has signed a £1 billion ($1.3 billion) syndicated green loan facility backed by banks including Bank of America, HSBC, and MUFG.

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

Satellite data and its implications for the oil and gas industry

Satellites are reshaping the data landscape for oil and gas businesses, creating new legal and reputational risks, write Lewis McDonald and Louise Barber

Does the EU's Omnibus reduce transition planning to a publicity exercise?

Experts are divided over what a change in wording in the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive means for climate transition plans, Michael Hurley reports

AI's role in climate change: problem or solution?

AI a double-edged sword - it has the potential to refine climate science and optimise renewable energy use but also brings significant environmental costs, write Jannis Bille, Alexander Amato-Cravero and Mika Morissette

Mars, Unilever & Nestle warn EU against omnibus sustainability regulation

Business giants Mars, Unilever and Nestle have urged the European Commission against reopening several sustainability rules under a proposed 'omnibus' regulation, saying they risk undermining investment and competitiveness.

Jefferies flags food, tiremaker stocks for investor scrutiny as EU Deforestation Regulation looms

Investors have been advised to scrutinise several companies for engagement, including Hankook, Nexen, Golden-Agri Resources and Darling Ingredients, as stocks potentially negatively exposed to EU rules set to impose strict due diligence requirements from next year.