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Thai regulator unveils anti-greenwashing fund labelling rules
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Nissay plans to ramp up nature-related engagement in investee supply chains
23 December 2025Nissay Asset Management is preparing to ramp up biodiversity-related engagement with its investee companies to improve management of risks in their supply chains, it said.
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EU unveils guidance for 'simplified' taxonomy reporting
19 December 2025 -
Funding award lifts hopes for Canadian green and transition taxonomy
19 December 2025Canada's government has awarded funding to the Canadian Climate Institute to develop a taxonomy to help investors identify 'green and transition' investments, in the latest twist in a years-long effort to establish the guidelines.
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'Corporate net zero backsliding will be factor in choosing SFDR category'
18 December 2025Fund managers preparing for the overhauled Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) will be wary that recent corporate "backsliding" on net-zero targets could undermine compliance with a proposed 'transition' category, according to one asset manager.
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Will climate policy see the transition shift gear in 2026?
18 December 2025Implementation of key climate policy and a focus on transforming the 'real economy' beyond reporting will drive progress, Michael Hurley writes
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SFDR consultation opens
18 December 2025 -
UK mulls ditching PABs and CTBs from benchmarks regulation
18 December 2025 -
EU name rules drove €11bn drop in ESG funds' fossil fuel exposure - ESMA
17 December 2025About €11.5 billion in assets was shaved from the total fossil fuel exposure of EU sustainability-themed funds after swathes of managers dropped sustainability claims because of new naming rules, it was found.
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Divergent 'transition' rules in Asia demand close investor scrutiny, says report
17 December 2025
- Achmea preps impact-focused private debt strategy for Q3 launch
- Outcomes-based bonds: Compliance carbon credit market 'key' to scalability
- Amundi: Transition bond issuers must clearly 'draw line with green'
- S&P: Transition, adaptation in focus for next 1,000 SPOs
- TISFD to create financial sector recommendations
- NWB Bank raises €1bn through Water Bond issuance
- Big Nature Impact Fund raises £65m after narrowing focus
- Exclusive: NatureAlpha and GCFC launch UAE partnership
- TNFD releases CFO guidance
- BlackRock: It's actually a very constructive environment for investing in the transition
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Battery storage: charging ahead
05 June 2026Investors are increasingly bullish about the technology, which can help address energy security concerns while enabling the transition. Michael Hurley reports
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ADB backs sustainability-linked loan for farmers in India and Vietnam
04 June 2026The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a $50 million sustainability-linked loan with agricultural supply chain company ETG to support smallholder coffee and cashew farmers in India and Vietnam.
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Xylem achieves 'blueium' as investors seek water exposure
04 June 2026US water technology company Xylem's inaugural blue bond was over 10 times oversubscribed, highlighting growing investor interest in water-focused sustainable finance.
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'Greenium is back' for Japanese sovereign transition bonds
04 June 2026The latest transaction in the Japanese 'climate transition' bond (CTB) programme suggests a "meaningful pocket of investor demand" for the instrument after a 'greenium' once again returned to the pioneering sovereign structure.
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Exemption for asset managers in ESRS 'creates a reporting vacuum'
04 June 2026The EU risks creating a "reporting vacuum" that undermines investors' data needs if it proceeds with a proposal to exempt asset managers' reporting under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), observers warned.