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Singapore Taxonomy's CGT inclusion progressing - but without transition
07 June 2024Advanced work is underway for the Singapore-Asia Taxonomy to be added to the EU-China Common Ground Taxonomy (CGT), but it will not include the transition elements of the Singaporean sustainability list.
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Australian sustainable fund labelling proposal focuses on UK alignment
07 June 2024The developers of the Australian sustainable fund labelling proposals are looking "very closely" at the UK naming rules to see "whether we can align" with the requirements published in November.
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JETPs slow with execution and delivery, say banks
06 June 2024Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs) are slow with their execution and delivery, despite ambitious approaches, a group of banks and investors have claimed.
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Australia sees strong orderbook for AUD7bn debut sovereign green bond
03 June 2024The Australian government has launched a 10-year sovereign green bond which is intending to raise AUD7 billion ($4.7 billion).
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Brookfield offers $6.1bn to delist French energy developer
30 May 2024Brookfield has reached an agreement to take a majority stake in French renewable energy developer Neoen and take the company private, in a deal that values the company at €6.1 billion ($6.6 billion).
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Asset owners slow to set recommended decarbonisation targets, PAAO report reveals
30 May 2024Several signatories to the Paris Aligned Asset Owners (PAAO) initiative have been flagged for being slow to set some of the recommended decarbonisation targets, as it published its first progress update.
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IDB: Brazil 'green' foreign exchange hub is scalable and impactful
30 May 2024A senior adviser to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is working on making its 'green' foreign exchange (FX) hub launched with Brazil earlier this year scalable for other countries as a means to reduce hedging costs for investors and boosting sustainable investment to emerging markets.
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Amundi: 'Very high potential' for sustainability-linked loans, bonds
29 May 2024French asset manager Amundi said sustainability-linked debt instruments can be the "right" transition impact finance tools, in particular sustainability-linked loans (SLLs) for decarbonising the balance sheets of banks.
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'No head in the sand' for net-zero investment at global asset managers, says Amundi
28 May 2024French asset manager Amundi said global asset managers in Europe must ensure their net zero commitments do not drive them to put their "heads in the sand" about their global transition impact, whilst emerging markets should be "front and centre" of sustainable strategies.
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EIB: We must be 'pragmatic, not dogmatic' on transition finance
28 May 2024A senior official at the European Investment Bank (EIB) said that sustainable finance cannot be "dogmatic" when it comes to choosing where to finance investments with the greatest impact for the transition.