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Sustainable Debt EMEA returns to London next week

Environmental Finance's 14th annual Sustainable Debt EMEA conference returns to London on 23 April.

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SLB performance reporting in 'strong focus' amid wave of target observations

Sustainability-linked bond (SLB) performance reporting is set to be in "strong focus" over the next few months, as a flurry of issuers are expected to report on late-2025 targets.

Asset owners increasingly cite fears that ESG harms returns, according to Morningstar survey

The number of asset owners who say concerns over the returns of ESG strategies are a potential barrier to investment has risen significantly in the latest annual survey by Morningstar.

BPCE issues pioneering 'European Defence Bond'

As the debate around the 'sustainable' credentials of defence investment heats up, a new sustainable bond-inspired defence bond label enters the market. Ahren Lester writes

Adaptation investments need to prepare for more than 1.5°C of warming, warns Aberdeen

Investors need to be "realistic" that the ambition of the Paris Agreement to restrict warming to 1.5°C is probably going to be missed, Aberdeen told an Environmental Finance conference.

Sustainable Debt EMEA returns to London next week

Environmental Finance's 13th annual Sustainable Debt EMEA conference returns to London on 3 April.

Hard for recycling companies to be 'commercially successful', warns BNP Paribas

Financing and adoption challenges means recycling companies will find it hard to be commercially successful, BNP Paribas Asset Management has warned, adding that companies with "good technologies" are still failing.

BNP Paribas to rename transition fund over negative connotations

BNP Paribas Asset Management is looking to rename its Energy Transition Fund over concerns that the term now has negative connotations.

Record orderbook for $6.5bn World Bank sustainable bond

The World Bank secured more than $22 billion in orders for its $6.5 billion dual-tranche Sustainable Development Bond (SDB), which the development bank said was the largest orderbook it has secured to date.