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Amundi: 'Exciting' plans as ground-breaking EM green bond fund winds down
10 March 2025Amundi said it has "exciting projects" in the pipeline to meet ongoing institutional investor demand for sustainable bonds as its ground-breaking $1.5 billion emerging market (EM) green bond fund prepared to wind down.
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Massive 'Kellanova bond' offers Mars investors 'significant impact potential'
07 March 2025The $26 billion bond issuance by US confectionery and pet food firm Mars to finance its acquisition of cereal and snacks maker Kellanova offers investors the opportunity to "drive progress at pace" around sustainability impact, especially around deforestation commitments.
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Carbon credit returns from agriculture still 'rounding error,' says CAM
04 March 2025Climate Asset Management (CAM) wants to see agriculture-linked carbon credits become a "much more important" part of its natural capital strategy returns, but it is being "cautious" in how it integrates ecosystem services in its funds.
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EBRD cautious with 'blue bonds' to avoid becoming a 'gimmick'
04 March 2025The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) told an Environmental Finance event that it is working with an unnamed issuer on a potential 'blue bond', but said it was being a "bit careful" with the sustainable water-focused label.
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Use existing financial instruments for nature conservation, says WCS
03 March 2025More needs to be done to translate existing financial instruments into a model that will work for nature conservation, the Wildlife Conservation Society said.
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'I am not seeing less US client demand for sustainable bonds,' says investor
27 February 2025A major sustainable fixed income investor said there had been a surprising increase in US client interest in US dollar-denominated labelled sustainable bond products in 2024, which could lay the foundations for accelerating issuance in the future.
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Goldman Sachs AM launches biodiversity bond fund
27 February 2025Goldman Sachs Asset Management has launched a fund investing in biodiversity-focused investment grade corporate bonds in developed and emerging markets.
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SLM Partners highlights regenerative forestry benefits for €200m European fund
27 February 2025Forestry investor SLM Partners has released new research on the carbon sequestration benefits of regenerative cover farming, in a bid to attract investors to its new European fund.
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Saudi Arabia raises €1.5bn from 'testing' debut sovereign green bond
26 February 2025The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has issued its debut sovereign green bond with the €1.5 billion ($1.6 billion) tranche the first euro-denominated sustainable bond from a Middle Eastern sovereign.
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Article 8 funds face greenwashing risk amid naming rules, finds MainStreet Partners
25 February 2025Article 8 funds are nearly eight-times more likely to be at risk of greenwashing than those classified as Article 9 as a result of fund naming, a report from MainStreet Partners has found.