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Investors need clearer price signals from nature opportunities, says New Forests

Clearer price signals are needed to make nature positive investments "more economically attractive" to investors, according to Australian nature investor New Forests.

MSCI: 'Striking' rise of climate adaptation in utility green bonds

MSCI said there has been a "striking increase" in the prominence of climate adaptation projects in green bonds from the utility sector, as attention focuses on strengthening transmission assets to extreme weather.

'Standardisation is simplification, not burden': EFRAG's de Cambourg in riposte to Draghi

One of the key figures behind the EU's sustainability reporting standards has defended them after they were criticised by political heavyweight Mario Draghi as contributing to the sustainability reporting burden.

Sri Lanka's DFCC launches 'pivotal' LKR2bn green bond

UK pension fund buys 25% stake in Rebalance Earth

Investors need to be more realistic about NBS in Asia, says WWF

Investors looking to invest in nature-based solutions (NBS) in Asia need to adjust their expectations to fit the local reality, the WWF has said.

'Insufficient infrastructure' hindering blended finance opportunities, says WEF

Philanthropic organisations can help overcome the "insufficient infrastructure" in place for public and private financiers of nature- and climate-focused blended finance, according to the World Economic Forum.

KfW raises £750m from green bond in 'difficult' market

KfW has raised £750 million ($980 million) from its largest sterling-denominated green bond since 2022, with the deal attracting a 'greenium' despite the "difficult" fixed income market conditions.

One-in-three big emitters have 1.5°C-aligned targets - but none have detailed transition plan, says TPI

About 30% of the biggest corporate emitters of greenhouse gas emissions globally have long-term climate targets aligned with keeping warming to 1.5°C - but none have detailed plans on how to reach these targets, according to the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) Centre.

Global biodiversity credit market unlikely to look like UK's BNG market, says consultancy

A global biodiversity credit market will come to fruition, but is unlikely to emulate the market being created under UK's pioneering Biodiversity Net Gain legislation, a consultancy has predicted.