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Fossil-fuel financing in crosshairs with SBTi's first finance standard

The Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has launched a net-zero standard for financial institutions that includes a requirement on ending fossil fuel financing.

The City of London 'wants to build blended finance partnerships across the Global South'

The City of London wants to set up partnerships with countries across the Global South to help blended finance to flow, the Lord Mayor of London said.

Chinese green bond and loan taxonomies unified in 'significant' update

Chinese regulators have published a new 'green catalogue', which unifies the green bond and loan taxonomies and continues the process of reducing the fragmentation of the green debt market in the country.

Video: Nippon Life's Ayako Kageyama on innovative finance for nature and climate

Ayako Kageyama, Head, Innovative Sustainable Finance, Responsible Investment at Nippon Life Insurance Company talks about the key areas that can deliver co-benefits across climate and nature.

Axian Telecoms raises $600m bond, scoring $40m from Ninety One's EAAIF

ICE adds NatureAlpha data to its climate platform

NatureAlpha's data will be available through Intercontinental Exchange's (ICE) Climate Analytics Platform.

Why climate integration must go deeper in financial services

Institutions that treat climate as a compliance exercise may meet the letter of regulation, but they risk falling behind the direction of the market, writes Geoffroy Marcassoli

Railpen leads push for pension 'seat at the table' on reform of governance rules

DFIs, MDBs must lead way on creating modular finance structures for blended finance, says CISL

Realising the potential of blended finance requires aggregation of deals, data improvement and financial innovation, according to a report from the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL).

Banks face 'static' issuer engagement on sustainable bonds as caution consolidates

Sustainable bond markets have been facing issuer inertia as existing and new issuers reconsider the role of labelled instruments in their financing deals, according to a senior sustainable banker.