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Using data to close the climate action gap

Alicia White, director of climate and nature solutions at Morningstar Sustainalytics, explains how the ability for investors to quantify the gap between climate ambition and real-world progress is becoming increasingly important.

Boards' 'hesitance' to engage with Japanese investors persists, GPIF says

Board members and CEOs at some Japanese companies remain "hesitant" to engage with institutional investors on topics including those relating to sustainability, according to a director at the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF).

We have entered the 'age of pragmatic transition'

The conflict in the Middle East creates a headwind for the sustainable debt market, but other considerations such as the drive for energy security will help underpin its growth, Rahul Ghosh tells Peter Cripps

JP Morgan closes $57m sustainable bond ETF after three years

JP Morgan Asset Management (JP Morgan AM) is to shut down a $57 million short-duration green, social and sustainability bond-focused exchange-traded fund (ETF), just three years after launch.

ALTÉRRA commits to KKR Global Climate Transition Strategy

GHG Protocol proposals risk complicating climate reporting, says EFRAG

Proposals by the GHG Protocol for a framework to account for clean power purchase agreements (PPAs), carbon credits and 'avoided emissions' risk undermining EU and other climate reporting rules, a paper by EU advisors says.

NBIM sides with BP over rejection of climate proposal

Could SLB issuance have reached its nadir?

Sustainability-linked bond (SLB) issuance volumes reached just $3 billion in the first quarter of 2026 and have now been stuck at this depressed level for three consecutive quarters, potentially representing a nadir for the instrument after a torrid few years.

Maire raises €185m from sustainability-linked Schuldschein

Italian engineering firm Maire has reiterated its commitment to the sustainability-linked bond (SLB) market with a €185 million ($218 million) Schuldschein transaction.

North Rhine-Westphalia launches 10-year sustainability bond

German state North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) has hired six banks to launch a 10-year, euro-denominated sustainability bond, after identifying more than €2.6 billion ($3.1 billion) worth of eligible expenditures.