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'Booming' Central and Eastern Europe issuance has more room to grow, says ING
06 October 2025Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is emerging as one of the fastest-growing parts of the sustainable bond and loan market, after $37 billion was issued in the region during the first half of 2025, according to ING.
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Proposed Article 6.4 standard 'risks collapsing market for nature-based solutions'
06 October 2025A group of carbon market developers has raised "serious concerns" about a draft 'permanence' standard for the Article 6.4 market, alleging that it puts a nature-based solutions market at risk of collapse "before it begins".
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Emirates Islamic: Sukuk deal shows investor understanding of SLLBs growing
06 October 2025The pioneering sukuk from Emirates Islamic has highlighted the growing awareness and appetite among investors for sustainability-linked loan bonds (SLLBs), but the United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based bank said the nascent instrument still needs to focus on credibility to scale.
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Improved climate risk data 'to help tackle uninsurability'
06 October 2025Improvements in climate risk data could help to tackle the 'uninsurability' problem that has seen insurers walk away from some areas that are seen as too risky, one specialist argued.
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Voluntary standard for SMEs set to plug Omnibus-shaped gap in CSRD coverage
06 October 2025A lightweight version of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is likely to be recommended for use by a swathe of medium-sized companies after they are removed from the scope of mandatory reporting.
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Bloomlabs launches biodiversity credit platform
06 October 2025A new biodiversity credit platform from bloomlabs, (previously known as Bloom Labs) has told Environmental Finance that it could still be some years before buyers start flocking to the market.
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Article 6 'critical to attracting external finance for Ugandan carbon platform'
06 October 2025Alignment with Article 6 of the Paris Climate Agreement will be critical to attracting private finance to carbon projects, Environmental Finance has heard, as banks begin to move into the market.
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Social risk 'blind spot' in banks' CSRD reports flagged in study
06 October 2025A 'blind spot' in banks' reporting in line with EU regulation means many fail to report adequately on their exposure to 'social' risks and may be a breach of guidance from the bloc's banking supervisor, according to researchers.
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The private markets pathway to a sustainable future
06 October 2025Private markets can become engines that drive the sustainable economy, writes Maria Nazarova-Doyle
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Czech Republic issues 'important' social bond debut
03 October 2025The Czech Republic has raised CZK14 billion ($677 million) from a rare sovereign social bond in a debut sustainable bond deal the Central European country described as an "important step" for the development of its sustainable finance plans.