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INWIT raises €850m from rare debut SLB deal of 2025

Italian mobile telephone network operator Infrastrutture Wireless Italiane (INWIT) has raised €850 million ($995 million) from its first sustainability-linked bond (SLB), becoming one of the few issuers to debut with the performance-based instrument in 2025.

Biodiversity risk increasingly associated with greenwashing, says RepRisk

An increasing focus on biodiversity risks is helping to fuel incidents of greenwashing, a report by RepRisk has found.

Fundraising for BNPP Future Forests Fund 'ongoing and positive, but taking time'

BNP Paribas Asset Management remains confident that it can secure more commitments for its sustainable forestry fund after raising just $15 million in the 10 months since launch.

US corporates 'clearly missing' sustainable bond buyer opportunity

The "persistency" of the decline in US corporate sustainable bond issuance continues to surprise Nuveen amid evidence they are "clearly missing" a growing buyer base for the instruments.

Further cuts in DEI reporting are 'likely', says Impax

US companies are "likely" to further reduce reporting of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) data going forward, Impax Asset Management has claimed.

Apollo acquires hydroelectric company Eagle Creek

Brookfield closes second transition fund after raising $20bn

SLB issuance is 'brave' and quality is improving 'significantly'

Sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) are a "very strong mechanism" for issuers to commit to their transition story, and second-party opinion (SPO) provider Morningstar Sustainalytics said the quality of the target-based structure has improved "significantly"

Seeing the forest for the trees through active ownership of timberland

There is now a robust and durable case for pursuing more direct forms of participation in forestry, particularly when investing in timberland for the long term, writes Aleksi Ehtee

GeoPura secures £27m green loan hydrogen project