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New Zealand LGFA launches water-focused sustainability-linked loan programme
01 July 2026The New Zealand Local Government Funding Agency (LGFA) has launched a pioneering sustainability-linked loan (SLL) programme focused on local government water companies.
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Nature risk toolkit launched for southeast Asia
01 July 2026A toolkit has been launched to help financial institutions in southeast Asia identify which nature datasets can be used to assess nature-related risks.
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UK-China taskforce eyes progress on transition finance amid political thaw
26 June 2026The launch of a green bond index was hailed as a marker of UK-China collaboration, as a bilateral working group said a thaw in diplomatic relations could be a boon for work to promote transition finance flows between the two countries.
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Japan struggling to attract international investors on transition
26 June 2026Some Japanese issuers are facing challenges attracting more international institutional investors to transition-labelled products despite their popularity with domestic investors, London Climate Action Week has heard.
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'Important' FTSE Russell, CCB 'Dim Sum' green bond index launched
26 June 2026FTSE Russell and China Construction Bank (CCB) have launched a fixed income index focused on offshore 'Dim Sum' green bonds from Chinese issuers.
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Resilience debt growth requires 'systematic' approach - and insurer involvement
24 June 2026Markets should be more "systematic" in how they "match-up" adaptation and resilience debt structures with investors who directly benefit from the outcomes, in particular insurance companies.
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Unlikely to be 'universal agreement of credibility' for transition finance
24 June 2026Although the market is unlikely to ever identify a global view around assessing transition finance credibility, Schroders told an Environmental Finance event in Singapore that there is room for focusing on "uniform elements" to apply globally.
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'Sovereigns are still lagging with blue bonds'
24 June 2026There is strong progress with blue bonds in Latin America and Asia, but the Blue Bond Accelerator (BBA) told an Environment Finance event in Singapore that crucial sovereign issuers are lagging behind.
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'So many taxonomies' in APAC is a 'necessary evil', says Sustainable Fitch
23 June 2026The growing number of sustainable finance taxonomies across the Asia-Pacific region is creating complexity for investors and issuers, but market participants argued that this is an unavoidable phase, as countries pursue different pathways to decarbonisation.
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Transition finance brings complexity to Asia's sustainable debt market
23 June 2026The growing focus on transition finance is bringing complexity to sustainable finance discussions in the Asia-Pacific region, an Environmental Finance conference heard.
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'China's version of SFDR will have significant impact'
17 June 2026New rules governing Chinese sustainable investment funds are expected to have a significant impact in the domestic market, with a minimum threshold for sustainable investments likely to help "assure the quality" of funds, according to an expert.
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Nissay unveils GPIF-commissioned guide to impact investments
17 June 2026Nissay Asset Management has published research on impact investing, which includes a summary of strategies and a discussion on how the practice links with investors' fiduciary duty.
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China unveils sustainability reporting rules for asset managers
16 June 2026The Asset Management Association of China (AMAC) has published 'guidelines' for sustainable investment funds that set expectations to invest at least 80% of their assets in line with their sustainability objectives.
- Comment: Please stop talking about David Attenborough
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- Using the SDGs to invest in sovereign debt
- We don't need a 'Just Transition' bond label
- Human rights impacts should be part of nature disclosure
- AI data centre sustainable debt spurs innovation - and risk
- The dark side of AI investment
- Sovereign 'tension' with corporate sustainable bond investments needs addressing
- Allianz & Zurich launch blended finance investment company
- TFFF organisers not yet focused on private backing