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GLP J-Reit issues 'first' sustainability-linked green bond with 'step-down' coupon
22 September 2021Japanese real estate investment trust GLP J-REIT has raised JPY6 billion ($55 million) from a sustainability-linked green bond...
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KfW expects to 'significantly' exceed 2021 green bond issuance target
22 September 2021German development bank KfW expects to "significantly" exceed its targeted green bond issuance total in 2021..
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£100bn orderbook for record-breaking £10bn UK green bond debut
21 September 2021The UK secured a £100 billion ($137 billion) orderbook for its £10 billion maiden sovereign green bond, making it both the largest sovereign sustainable bond ever issued and the largest ever orderbook.
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CME launches 'first' sustainable derivatives clearing service
21 September 2021Financial derivatives exchange operator CME is launching what is believed to be the first sustainable derivatives clearing service...
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Financial firms must explore 'more radical' solutions to close SDG funding gap
20 September 2021The financial sector upped its funding for delivering the UN Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) in 2020, according to a report, but it needs to provide "bigger and more radical" solutions because Covid-19 has "undone years of progress" towards meeting the targets.
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Ground-breaking sustainability Tier 2 sukuk 12-times oversubscribed
17 September 2021Turkish lender Kuveyt Türk Katilim Bankasi has raised $350 million from its "landmark" sustainability sukuk, the first Tier 2 regulatory note issued through the sharia-compliant bond structure.
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Brazil to require climate risk scenarios in stress tests from 2022
17 September 2021 -
2021 AGM voting season in US marks climate pressure 'escalation and expansion'
16 September 2021The 2021 proxy voting season in the US experienced an "escalation of shareholder engagement on climate-related issues...
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Green and sustainability-linked loan round-up: Vineyard Wind, BayWa, Grupo Bimbo, AirTrunk ... and more
16 September 2021 -
Bond round-up: Walmart, Entel, Eli Lilly, Development Bank of Japan, Woolworths, Inpex ... and more
15 September 2021
- Catalysing sustainable growth: how CGIF unlocks bond markets in the ASEAN+3 region
- Despite headwinds, climate finance is moving - and London is leading
- Tokyo Metropolitan Government plots €300m resilience bond
- Foresight Natural Capital could delay BNG investment over policy uncertainty
- GPIF vows to improve tracking of asset managers' stewardship activities
- GSAM: 'Compelling' EM sustainable bond opportunity, but 'strong engagement' needed
- SBTi calls for corporates to test its overhauled standards
- Switzerland, Norway announce carbon removals-focussed ITMO programme
- EU ESG Rating Regulation to penalise small firms and benefit 'big four'
- EFRAG says it aims to cut ESRS by 50% as it unveils draft proposals
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Climate adaptation: The storm is upon us
23 June 2025Collaboration on climate resilience is now as important as mitigation, write Leslie Maasdorp and Stephanie Pfeifer
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Aviva, Fidelity, Federated Hermes back nature transition pathways
23 June 2025An open letter signed by 28 organisations, including major institutional investors, has backed the development of nature-positive transition pathways.
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Foresight Natural Capital could delay BNG investment over policy uncertainty
20 June 2025Foresight Natural Capital has told Environmental Finance it could delay investment in Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG)-related opportunities amid uncertainty over the UK government's direction on the policy.
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SBTi calls for corporates to test its overhauled standards
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Omnibus uncertainty to make EU supervisors' work harder, says ESMA
20 June 2025