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  • Scaling sustainability analysis in leveraged finance

    As regulatory pressure transforms leveraged finance, Sustainable Fitch is expanding its analytical frameworks and screening capabilities to help investors navigate disclosure gaps, cross-border ESG expectations, controversies, and the evolving role of leverage loan funds and collateralised loan obligations (CLOs) in sustainable markets

  • A labelled loan market in transition?

    Declines in labelled loan issuance may be as much to do with macroeconomics as sustainability policy, and transition guidance could provide the market with a boost, says Moody's Ratings Adriana Cruz Felix, Matthew Kuchtyak, Jeffery Sukjoon Lee and Swami Venkataraman

  • Catalysing sustainable growth: how CGIF unlocks bond markets in the ASEAN+3 region

    Anuj Awasthi, CGIF's vice president of operations tells Environmental Finance how the fund deepening local bond markets and mobilising vital funds towards impact.

  • Fast-forwarding towards sustainable ecosystems

    CDL's 18th Integrated Sustainability Report marks progress in IFRS-aligned reporting, enhanced double materiality, expanded TNFD disclosures and a landmark SGD400 million ($296 million) TNFD-linked sustainability loan.

  • The future is now: AI for nature analysis and action

    Most financial institutions have processes in place for climate assessment, but the transition to incorporate nature and biodiversity feels daunting—as if it requires a whole new set of expertise they don't currently possess.

  • One group with a single mission

    Cecilie Sørhus, chief of staff and global head of communications at Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), explains how it is delivering positive change in countries where other investors cannot or will not go.

  • Mapping a better picture of the transition

    Jaakko Kooroshy, Global Head of Sustainable Investment Research, and Kieran Brophy, Research Lead - Sovereign Climate, consider the key findings from the latest edition of LSEG's COP29 Net Zero Atlas.

  • Unlocking capital to drive a nature-positive economy

    Nature remains an underinvested yet critical sustainability imperative in Asia Pacific. Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation's latest report explores how we can unlock capital to drive a stable and nature-positive economy

  • Zeroing In: Financing the green transition

    DNV's Niki Hutson, Zohrah Yaqub and Astrid Helene Rusås Kristoffersen explain the findings from its latest Energy Transition Outlook and consider what steps can be taken to keep the transition on track

  • Helping to build confidence in developing markets

    S&P Global Ratings' global head of sustainable finance Bernard de Longevialle and sustainable finance director Beth Burks consider the upcoming COP29 and its work in helping to mobilise private capital to developing economies