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KfW expects to surpass €100bn in cumulative green bond issuance in Q1

KfW laid out plans to raise up to €15 billion of green bonds in 2026 "if conditions are favourable", which would likely bring its cumulative issuance past the €100 billion ($110 billion) mark during the first quarter of the year.

Transition plan implementation axed as EU politicians hammer out Omnibus agreement

EU politicians have agreed to delete a clause requiring companies to say how they are implementing climate transition plans, despite warnings from investors that this information is crucial for holding companies to account, as the long-running Omnibus saga nears a conclusion.

Amundi launches biodiversity fund

Amundi has launched a biodiversity credit fund for both institutional and retail investors.

Personality of the year: Philippe Zaouati, Mirova

Philippe Zaouati, founder and chief executive officer of Mirova, has been named Personality of the year in this year's IMPACT Investment Awards, as judges recognised the firm's "leading role" in the sustainable finance community.

Winners of the 2025 IMPACT Investment Awards revealed

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

Webinar: Climate risk ratings help identify where value is created or destroyed

Climate risk ratings can not only help investors to identify exposure to high climate risk within their portfolios, they can also help investors find growth opportunities, an Environmental Finance webinar heard.

Indonesia set to ditch early coal plant closure, in blow to JETPs

ESG ratings 'frustration' justifies prescriptive FCA rules on transparency

Complaints from companies that a lack of transparency about their ESG rating left them 'confused and frustrated' justified the "most prescriptive" elements of the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) proposed regulation of ratings providers.

'My heart is bleeding for what's happening to nat cap regulation in Europe'

Investors have warned that the EU's policy pullback is hindering action on nature, and called for more ambition to help protect economic growth.

Can SFDR 2.0 unlock capital for climate transition finance?

Much of today's capital remains locked in mature, low-carbon assets rather than being channelled to the high-emission sectors where transformation is most urgent, writes Michael Horvath