- Comment: The rumpus over SBTi's offsetting U-turn
- EU should create 'sustainability-linked green bond' label, says IEEFA
- Natural capital will become a fundamental component of investors' portfolios
- Rise of transition plans could remedy regulatory 'failure' to boost transition finance
- Jury still out on transition bond label
- SBTi clarifies carbon credit stance amid staff unrest
- Nordea to close social bond fund after just over a year
- Sustainable bond market continues to show signs of improvement in 2024
- IFC and T.Rowe Price pledge $150m to blue bond strategy
- Gabon's debt-for-nature swap 'still works' despite coup, LGIM says
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Most businesses will not comply with CSDDD even by 2030, survey predicts
19 April 2024EU and UK business leaders say they expect at least half of their supply chains will not be compliant with the proposed EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) in the next two years, and most businesses will not fully comply by 2030.
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TotalEnergies pauses SLB plans amid weak market development
19 April 2024French oil supermajor TotalEnergies told Environmental Finance it has paused plans made in 2021 to only issue new sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) after the market for the performance-based instrument did not "develop as anticipated" - especially in the US.
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160 financial institutions call for international plastic treaty
19 April 2024Banks, investors and insurers representing $15.5 trillion in combined assets have signed a Financial Statement on Plastic Pollution, calling for a new international treaty to tackle the issue.
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'Huge opportunity' for private transition credit growth, says HSBC
19 April 2024There is a "huge opportunity" for private credit markets to provide transition finance, in particular direct lending through sustainability-linked loans (SLLs), said HSBC Asset Management (HSBC AM).
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IOSCO to study risks from new green financial products
19 April 2024