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MDBs should take heed of green bond evolution - including EU GBS

After helping pioneer the green bond market, multi-lateral development banks (MDBs) are being urged by a sustainable bond investor to reflect on the evolving sustainable bond issuance and investment practices...

People Moves, 1 August: Deutsche Bank, BNY Investments, Green Alpha ... and more

Nuveen raises $785m for C-PACE strategy

UK pensions regulator urges trustees to address nature loss

The UK Pensions Regulator (TPR) has urged trustees to address climate change and nature loss as it raises its expectations for schemes on governance.

M&G's $3bn EMD fund bolsters ESG credentials with Norges Bank Exclusions

The $3.1 billion M&G Emerging Markets Bond fund will introduce an additional layer of ESG oversight with the addition of the Norges Bank Exclusions from August.

MUFG's blended GAIA fund set to close by early Autumn

MUFG's GAIA fund, a climate and blended finance platform launched in 2023 with a fundraising target of almost $1.5 billion, is set to close by early Autumn, Environmental Finance has learned.

Change to CSRD materiality test brings standards closer to ISSB, says EFRAG

'Simplified' European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) that cut current datapoints by 68% have been published for consultation that EU advisers claim will bring them closer to International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards.

France Valley opens €150m European timber fund

France Valley has opened its €150 million ($171 million) pan-European timber fund to new institutional investors.

UK ETS expansion key to financing carbon removal tech, says South Pole

Expansion of the UK's emissions trading scheme (ETS) is key to "unlocking" finance for emerging carbon removal technologies, according to South Pole.

US sustainable investor 'comfort' with hard-to-abate sectors a 'good signal'

The greater willingness of US sustainable investors to consider high-emitting and hard-to-abate issuers in their portfolios is a "good signal" that the critical investment market is actively looking to innovate, according to BNP Paribas.