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Impact investors in $114m ecosystem restoration fundraise

Amundi-led blended finance green bond fund targets €3bn fundraise

An EU-backed blended finance fund targeting €3 billion ($3.5 billion) in assets has been launched to buy green bonds that fund climate and other environmental projects in 'low- and middle-income countries'.

LGX: Attribution needed to 'turn impact metrics into meaning' (Debt conference)

Sustainable bond issuers need to provide clearer contextualisation for their impact data, to avoid the risk of it becoming "meaningless" for investors, Luxembourg Green Exchange (LGX) told an Environmental Finance event.

Investors 'have lost interest' in social bonds (Debt conference)

Investors seem to have "lost interest" in social bond investments, sparking fund closures and allocations to the segment dropping precipitously since a peak around the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a fund manager.

Transition loans still struggling with 'murky' divide from green (Debt conference)

Six months after publishing the Transition Loan Principles (TLP), the market is still tussling with the challenge of the distinction from 'green loans', and when do transition investments stop being transitional.

Sustainable Debt EMEA 2026 conference round-up

Ahren Lester looks back on another successful event which highlights ambition is being accelerated, rather than arrested, despite tough markets

SFDR 'should set rules to stop lowball SLB targets' (Debt conference)

EU policymakers should set rules to govern sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs), to prevent issuers setting unfairly low sustainability targets and breathe new life into the ailing market, an investor argued.

ISSB says no to nature standard, for now

The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has confirmed that it will not pursue a separate nature standard, opting instead for a non-mandatory reporting approach.

Slovenia rules out twin-bond structure (Debt conference)

Slovenia will not follow its EU peers in issuing a twin-bond and is looking to tap its groundbreaking sustainability-linked bond for up to €500 million ($585 million), the Sustainable Debt EMEA 2026 conference heard.

UK transition guidance 'can boost SLB market' (Debt conference)

Draft guidelines for transition finance are likely to help UK companies in high-emitting industries communicate with investors, including via the issuance of sustainability-linked debt, a key member of the group that devised the guidance said.