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Trump tax bill 'less ugly than initially anticipated'

A tax-and-spending bill introduced by US President Donald Trump could accelerate investment in wind and solar projects in the short-term, amid a rush to take advantage of a closing window of tax credits, according to a senior figure at Lombard Odier.

EU Commission launches nature credit programme to scale private finance

The European Commission has launched a programme to scale nature credits in the EU in a bid to ramp up private investment into nature recovery.

Sustainable real estate: 'We're now seeing deals with really attractive prices'

The manager of a social real estate strategy said it is now seeing deals at attractive prices following the fall in interest rates, adding that the asset class can help shield investors from geopolitical uncertainty.

'Immature' methodologies mean Scope 3 categories should get ISSB pass, industry says

Major insurers and asset managers said 'immature' assessment frameworks meant they should be allowed to omit a range of Scope 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disclosures when meeting International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards.

JP Morgan's Kinexys testing tokenised carbon credits

JP Morgan's blockchain division, Kinexys, is developing tokenised voluntary carbon credits in a bid to reduce inefficiencies and market fragmentation.

Future Energy Ventures leads $8.5m round for forest carbon monitoring firm

UK's National Wealth Fund commits £28m to first CCS investment

Commission adopts EU taxonomy reporting cuts despite data accessibility concerns

The European Commission has adopted cuts to EU taxonomy reporting that will "reduce administrative burden" for companies and financial institutions, including to templates it said would reduce datapoints lenders must report by 89%.

Brazilian asset manager ups deforestation requirements

Infranity backs social infra business with €190m debt financing