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Sustainable bonds 'unlikely' to reach $1trn in 2025 after weak quarter

The sustainable bond market is likely fall short of $1 trillion issuance volume milestone in 2025 for the first time since 2021 after a "particularly slow" third quarter, according to Environmental Finance Data (EF Data).

Aviva calls for UK ETS expansion

Aviva has urged the UK government to take a larger role in incentivising private investment in nature, including an expansion of carbon and nature markets.

Mirova bags €1.2bn towards energy transition fund

M&G shifts Catalyst strategy towards climate growth investing

M&G Investments is pivoting its Catalyst strategy towards growth-stage companies, Environmental Finance has learned.

Nordic companies depleting nature at an increasing rate, says Storebrand AM

Nordic companies are increasing their negative impact on nature, despite being ahead of companies in other parts of the world when it comes to tackling the issue, research by Storebrand Asset Management and GIST Impact has found.

Environmental Finance's Natural Capital Insight 2025 published

Environmental Finance has published its Natural Capital Insight 2025, featuring articles about how investors are incorporating nature-related risks into their decisions and identifying investments to protect and restore nature.

AI's transformation of natural capital data

Vineet Gupta, chief product and technology officer at GIST Impact, tells Environmental Finance how the data analytics firm is applying AI and geospatial intelligence to make nature and biodiversity factors measurable, actionable, and decision-ready for corporates and investors.

How geospatial analytics is reshaping investment risk

Sust Global's founder Josh Gilbert - now ISS STOXX's head of geospatial strategy after the acquisition of Sust Global by ISS STOXX - is leading the work to deliver advanced investors tools for assessing and managing asset-level climate and nature risks.

Five drivers of natural capital as an asset class

In the face of climate change, biodiversity loss, and mounting environmental degradation, the global financial system will need to undergo a paradigm shift, writes David Brand.

2026 can be the year of the transition bond label, says HSBC's Pandit

More guidance for transition bonds could help the label take off next year, as new activities previously hidden from the market are "unlocked", predicted HSBC's Anjuli Pandit.