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  • BlackRock's sustainable and transition funds attract inflows despite backlash

    08 June 2026

    There's been a shift from 'investing in green' to 'financing green', Louise Kooy-Henckel tells Peter Cripps

  • Battery storage: charging ahead

    05 June 2026

    Investors are increasingly bullish about the technology, which can help address energy security concerns while enabling the transition. Michael Hurley reports

  • 'Greenium is back' for Japanese sovereign transition bonds

    04 June 2026

    The latest transaction in the Japanese 'climate transition' bond (CTB) programme suggests a "meaningful pocket of investor demand" for the instrument after a 'greenium' once again returned to the pioneering sovereign structure.

  • 'TISFD framework could face same double-materiality challenges as TNFD'

    01 June 2026

    The knotty problem of 'double materiality' could prevent the creation of a standard for social data, according to one data provider.

  • Momentum behind battery storage powering CIP into new markets

    28 May 2026

    Accelerating momentum behind the adoption of battery storage technology has spurred Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) to invest in an array of markets beyond its first in the UK, it said.

  • 'More nuanced conversation' needed on data centre water risk

    22 May 2026

    More 'nuance' is needed in the debates around water risk posed by data centre developments, Jefferies has told a conference.

  • Comment: Can SLBs survive? Only if current issuers nurture not neglect them

    20 May 2026

    Late-in-the-day target tweaks are unhelpful for the future of sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs), Ahren Lester argues

  • Signs Middle East crisis is driving shift to sustainable finance, says SEB

    12 May 2026

    The energy crisis caused by the US-Iran conflict is accelerating sustainable debt issuance to support investment into electrification and renewables, according to Swedish bank SEB.

  • Hong Kong raises €750m from first green bond in 2026

    08 May 2026

    Hong Kong has strengthened its position as the largest sovereign sustainable bond issuer in the Asia Pacific region with a €750 million ($882 million) green bond.

  • Helena Water signs first Australian 'blue loan'

    29 April 2026

    Australian water utility consortium Helena Water has secured an AUD170.5 million ($122 million) 'blue loan', believed to be the first Australian loan to use the sustainable water-focused sustainable loan label.