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Moody's cuts 2025 sustainable bond forecast amid new issuer decline

Moody's Ratings has cut its 2025 annual sustainable bond forecast by 10% after a soft start for issuance to date and a "significant" decline in first-time issuers coming to the market.

APG allocates $600m to Octopus Australia's transition infra fund

First Sentier launches joint climate, nature report

First Sentier has published its first joint climate and nature report, incorporating both Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures and the TCFD-aligned IFRS S2 disclosures, in a bid to "move beyond siloed climate disclosures".

Basking in the sun: nine solar policy essentials

Tom Williams considers what recent UK government activity means for the solar sector

PRI presents private market 'sustainability value creation' framework

M&G adds alignment targets in climate transition plan update

M&G has added several new targets and metrics to its climate transition plan following a review, including an 'asset alignment' target for its public market assets exposure.

Create EU stewardship code to bolster engagement outcomes, IIGCC says

BoJ analysis shows need to improve link between scenarios and transition plans, banks say

The results of scenario analysis by three Japanese megabanks suggest improvements are needed to better link the assessments with corporate transition plans if they are to be used in a similar way to conventional stress tests, according to the Bank of Japan.

Smart Pension allocates £330m to Octopus Energy renewables fund

'Europe needs to get over the ego of green'

Europe must let go of their 'green' dogmatism for a more pragmatic approach if it is to join in and catch up with the global transition finance shift, a senior sustainable finance executive argues.