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Bregal Sphere backs Peruvian reforestation project

Bregal Sphere, the impact investing arm of private equity firm Bregal Investments, has invested an undisclosed sum in Latin American agroforestry and reforestation initiative Jubilación Segura.

Octopus Energy backs African renewables with new fund

Infranity backs renewables developer with €200m debt

Switzerland, Norway announce carbon removals-focussed ITMO programme

Switzerland and Norway have signed an emissions trading agreement under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement, with pilot projects launched with support from UBS and SwissRe.

Do sovereign sustainable bonds address the 'just transition'?

Bond frameworks have disappointed when it comes to the 'just transition', and guidance on best practice is needed, Judith Tyson tells Ahren Lester

Triodos loans £1.5m to English rewilding initiative

NatWest Cushon picks Aviva Investors for first natural capital investment

NatWest's UK workplace pensions arm, NatWest Cushon, has chosen Aviva Investors' Carbon Removal Fund for its first natural capital allocation.

Public sector accounting standards setter splits workstreams

Sustainable finance rules 'fully consistent with' €800bn defence push, EU says

The EU's sustainable finance rulebook "is fully consistent with" a push to invest €800 billion ($920 billion) in defence, the European Commission said as it suggested it was ready to change sustainable investment disclosure rules to support its objectives.

Carrefour raises €650m from first SLB under new framework

French supermarket chain Carrefour has raised €650 million ($750 million) from the first sustainability-linked bond (SLB) it has issued under its updated and expanded framework.