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Sveafastigheter publishes debut green bond framework

Sveafastigheter has published its inaugural green bond framework focused on green building projects, setting it on course to join more than 60 other Swedish property firms in the sustainable bond market.

100 days of Trump provides a wake-up call for investors assessing ESG risk

It's time to rethink strategies and build resilience in a future defined by escalating climate and sustainability challenges, writes Hortense Bioy

Adaptation investments need to prepare for more than 1.5°C of warming, warns Aberdeen

Investors need to be "realistic" that the ambition of the Paris Agreement to restrict warming to 1.5°C is probably going to be missed, Aberdeen told an Environmental Finance conference.

Sustainable Debt EMEA returns to London next week

Environmental Finance's 13th annual Sustainable Debt EMEA conference returns to London on 3 April.

People Moves, 7 March: Sustainalytics; Rebalance Earth; Puro.earth ... and more

Sustainalytics brings in four-tier SPOs, in significant overhaul of framework

Morningstar Sustainalytics has overhauled its framework for issuing second-party opinions (SPOs) on green bonds and other use of proceeds bonds, Environmental Finance has learned.

COP16 negotiations end in 'landmark' deal for financing

The reconvened talks ended with a transformative deal on financial mobilisation, with the private sector urged to increase its contributions to a global fund, writes Genevieve Redgrave

EU Omnibus: Investors left to ask what corporate reporting cuts mean for SFDR

Investors face a waiting game to know whether cuts to corporate reporting will leave them short of the information they need under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), with the result of a review of the latter not expected until the end of this year.

'Big four' SPO providers becomes 'big five' in 2024

Japan-focused Rating and Investment Information (R&I) secured more than a 10% share of the sustainable finance second-party opinion market in 2024, joining the global 'big four' US providers led by Sustainalytics and S&P Global.

Inflows to sustainable funds down by almost half over 2024

Global sustainable open-end and exchange-traded funds saw inflows shrink by almost half over 2024 despite a "boom" for mainstream strategies, according to data from Morningstar Sustainalytics.