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Sustainable bond market share in Europe drops in 2022

The share of total European bond issuance held by sustainable bonds has dropped to 14% in the first three months of 2022...

Food Securities Fund 'more needed than ever'

The blended finance vehicle has an increased role to play amid the impending food and nature crisis, Tanja Havemann tells Madeleine Jenkins

iCI & ERM launch 'first' private equity climate disclosure standard

Clarmondial partner on $30m deforestation initiative

Aeon: Green premium shift in ESG real estate

Lenders will reward more of a 'green premium' in the future for ESG-related real estate projects, UK firm Aeon Investments has said.

ISS ESG launches regulatory alignment tool

CFOs 'surprisingly committed' to hiking sustainable bond issuance, says PwC

Private sector chief financial officers (CFOs) are "surprisingly committed" to increasing their issuance of green, social and sustainability (GSS) bonds...

Australia risking 'pariah status' among investors by insuring coal

Australia's government risks "investment pariah" status if it backs a mutual insurer for coal miners, says the founder of a fixed income think-tank.

CDP: Time to debunk the myth that water is immaterial to financials

A third of financials still fail to assess water risk, Cate Lamb tells Genevieve Redgrave

SMTB: Companies concerned about our decarbonisation goals

Corporate clients of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank (SMTB) are concerned about the bank's decarbonisation commitment, an executive has said.