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  • 'Pure-play taskforce' launched for green, social loan market

    04 July 2025

    Influential loan market trade associations have convened a 'pure-play taskforce' to develop guidance on how 'green'- and 'social'-focused companies can access the existing labelled sustainable loan market.

  • Australian Taxonomy-linked sustainable bond guidance expected by early 2026

    03 July 2025

    The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) expects to publish dedicated guidance for using the Australian Sustainable Finance Taxonomy in labelled sustainable bond transactions by early 2026 at the latest.

  • Japan's planned ETS has spurred carbon credit price rise, says government agency

    02 July 2025

    High-emitting companies who are set to be in scope of Japan's national emissions trading system (ETS) from next year have already begun buying carbon credits and driven price rises, according to the head of Japan's Green Transformation (GX) Acceleration Agency.

  • Japan hoping asset owners loosen mandates to invest in transition debt

    02 July 2025

    International investors have not bought Japan's world first sovereign transition bonds at the rate the country hoped - partly because of restrictive mandates from asset owners, according to the head of Japan's Green Transformation (GX) Acceleration Agency.

  • Japan mulled delayed phase-in of ISSB after EU's Omnibus

    02 July 2025

    A working group discussing implementation of rules based on Sustainability Standards Board of Japan (SSBJ) standards considered delaying a planned phase-in after the EU published its Omnibus simplification package, according to an observer.

  • Manulife: 'We are watching the interesting SLLB instrument closely'

    30 June 2025

    The nascent Sustainability-Linked Loan Bond (SLLB) market is being watched closely by Manulife Investment Management (Manulife IM) as an "interesting" way to accelerate sustainable lending...

  • 'Better explanation of taxonomy differences could drive cross-border investment'

    30 June 2025

    Improved descriptions of why there is difference between different sustainable finance taxonomies could supporting cross-border investment at a time when these 'green lists' are necessarily proliferating, ...

  • Singaporean banks carry out nature-risk study

    27 June 2025

    Some of Singapore's largest banks and the Monetary Authority of Singapore have launched an initiative to better understand the financial implications of nature-related risk.

  • APAC investors in 'flight to basics' away from SLBs, conference hears

    26 June 2025

    From Rob Langston in Singapore

  • 'Bankability' key to unlocking capital for APAC region's sustainable infra projects

    26 June 2025

    Many sustainable infrastructure projects in Asia-Pacific are struggling to attract investment because they lack 'bankability', attendees at an Environmental Finance conference heard.