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SLM Partners raises $475m for next stage of organic farming strategy
19 May 2026Recent exits from four organic farming assets delivered double-digit returns for SLM Partners and led to significant new inflows, but it warned that such strong performance may not always be easy to repeat.
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'Nature still cannot be priced'
17 May 2026It is not possible to definitively know the financial materiality of nature risk, Scientific Climate Ratings told Environmental Finance, explaining why it does not yet offer a product relating to it.
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New Zealand stays clear of Article 6
15 May 2026New Zealand has updated integrity guidance for its voluntary carbon market, confirming it will not be linked with the UN's Article 6 markets.
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ISSB to ask for nature scenario disclosure
14 May 2026The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has agreed to include some disclosure requirements on nature scenario testing, but fell short of explicitly requiring testing to be carried out, arguing that it is not "the Holy Grail".
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GFI CDR initiative secures £1m for UK biochar project
13 May 2026A new initiative from the Green Finance Institute aimed at scaling carbon dioxide removal (CDR) projects has helped to secure £1 million ($1.4 million) for a 'first-of-its-kind' biochar deal.
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HSBC, Hang Seng lead Hong Kong's first biodiversity loan
13 May 2026Hong Kong property group Henderson Land Development Company has secured a biodiversity loan from HSBC and Hang Seng, which it is claiming is the first of its kind for the jurisdiction.
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Aberdeen scraps Scottish nature blended finance fund
12 May 2026Aberdeen Investments has halted development of the Aberdeen Climate and Nature Impact Fund (aCANIF), a fund that aimed to expand native woodlands in Scotland, the UK asset manager has confirmed.
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New Zealand to give 'warrant of fitness' for voluntary nature and carbon markets
12 May 2026New Zealand has announced plans for a 'light touch' assurance approach to help build confidence in the domestic voluntary nature and carbon markets and help scale private finance into nature restoration and climate solutions.
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CEFC to back its first carbon abatement deal
12 May 2026Australia's Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is finalising a carbon abatement deal as part of its plans to expand its work on nature-based solutions, Environmental Finance can reveal.
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'South African banks lag on nature disclosure'
11 May 2026Nature-related disclosures and assessments in South African banks remain "fragmented and minimal", according to an assessment by WWF.
- NatureMetrics launches nature risk tool
- How a Super El Niño could drive food price spikes
- Akademiker engaging with car giants on deforestation
- BNP Paribas: 'Big hopes' for sovereign SLBs
- Will the EU pull the rug from under the ETS?
- Taxonomies 'naturally converging' amid 'structured chaos'
- Making sense of sustainable finance in a Trumpian world
- Bloomberg expands Transition Toolkit
- New Forests aims to raise $750m for first global nat cap strategy
- 'China's version of SFDR will have significant impact'
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Snam raises €1.5bn through green bond and SLB
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Ferrovie dello Stato raises €650m green bond backed by strong ESG demand
19 June 2026Italian state railway group Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS) has raised €650 million ($745 million) through a five-year green bond, attracting demand more than three times the size of the transaction.
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Realize secures CAD276m for impact fund-of-funds
19 June 2026 -
Using the SDGs to invest in sovereign debt
19 June 2026An Aegon fund looks for sovereign sustainability 'improvers', Irina Kurochkina tells Mathilde Dorbessan
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Italy expects 'gradual' growth in sovereign green bond issuance
19 June 2026Italy is expecting to increase its annual issuance of sovereign green bonds in future years, as the country continues to prioritise green investment amid the EU financing wind down, a senior public debt official said.