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More realism about sustainability-linked products is needed, says Barclays

Amidst continuing concern about greenwashing in sustainability-linked products, Barclays has told Environmental Finance that the market needs to be realistic about what these products are aiming to achieve.

New Forests acquires Laos timber company

New Forests has acquired a timber plantation forestry company in Laos, as part of its plans to scale up operations in the country.

UK's climate risk management proposals are a fundamental regulatory shift, say experts

Consultation paper represents a "complete rewrite" of existing rules for insurers

Neuberger bags $300m for second private equity impact fund

Neuberger Berman has closed its second private equity impact fund, with $300 million in commitments.

Blue bond label more digestible 'amid ESG backlash', says T Rowe Price

The 'blue' label could help issuers avoid the wider ESG pushback that afflicts other types of labelled bonds, T. Rowe Price has told an Environmental Finance conference.

Reasons for optimism amid the climate rollback

Climate disclosure rules offer a proxy for the status of sustainable finance - and it's not all bad news, writes Michael Hurley

'Calm down, have a cup of tea', says FCA head as he predicts more labelled funds

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)'s sustainable finance head has urged critics of its sustainability fund labelling and naming rules to "calm down", as he said the rules had reduced greenwashing, and promised many more funds were preparing to use labels.

SDR brings long waits for authorisation and little hope it will drive inflows, survey reveals

Fund managers seeking use of a UK sustainability label face an "authorisation process ... [of] longer than 20 weeks" in some cases, with many firms abandoning their plans after beginning the process, results of a survey revealed.

Gulf Transition and Sustainable Finance 2025 conference round-up

Nearly 18 months after the UAE hosted the mammoth COP28 summit, Environmental Finance's focused and thoughtful new event in Abu Dhabi highlighted a region ready to pitch a pragmatic but proactive approach to the transition. Ahren Lester reports

Aquila commences renewables trust divestment amid wind-down