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ESG IDP updates private credit reporting harmonisation template
05 December 2024The ESG Integrated Disclosure Project (ESG IDP) has updated its private credit-focused standardised reporting template and announced new appointments to its industry-led executive committee (ExCom).
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Halyk Bank issues first bank green bond from Kazakhstan
05 December 2024Almaty-based lender Halyk Bank has raised KZT20 billion ($38 million) from the first green bond issued by a commercial bank in Kazakhstan.
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Quadrupling of restoration finance needed by 2030, warns UNEP
04 December 2024Restoration finance remains "relatively modest" amongst the private sector, a new report by the UN Environment Programme, as it called for a quadrupling of flows by 2030.
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LATAM Airlines signs 'milestone' sustainability-linked loan
04 December 2024LATAM Airlines has become the first South American airline to sign a sustainability-linked loan (SLL), with the Chile-based firm seeing the debut deal as the first step to further sustainable finance transactions - including sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs).
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Artesian: 'Really targeting' potential blue bonds issuers
04 December 2024Alternative investment manager Artesian is "really targeting" blue bonds in the Australian sustainable bond market, but acknowledges that the market opportunity is still small.
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Astarte launches $350m Chilean regen-ag strategy
03 December 2024Sustainable real assets investor Astarte Capital Partners is to manage a $350 million regenerative agriculture-focused fund alongside Chile-based Toesca Asset Management.
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Blue Earth secures $113m for first evergreen impact private credit strategy
03 December 2024Blue Earth Capital has held a first close of its semi-liquid impact private credit strategy at $113 million.
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Two more investors adopt SDR labelling ahead of FCA deadline
03 December 2024A pair of investors have adopted labelling under the Financial Conduct Authority's Sustainable Disclosure Requirements (SDR), ahead of yesterday's deadline.
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Barbados signs 'blue' sustainability-linked loan in debt-for-nature swap
02 December 2024Barbados has signed a sustainability-linked loan (SLL) as part of a $300 million debt-for-nature swap which will generate interest cost savings used to finance water-related climate resilience projects in the Caribbean country.
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SLBs linked to donations or carbon credit investments are 'promising'
25 November 2024Sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) which use the financial penalties for missing targets to make donations or purchase carbon credits should be looked at more closely by the market,...