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Sustainability data is being revolutionised, an Environmental Finance conference has heard, with private markets particularly seeing a growing sophistication.
Private market investors need to rethink how success on sustainability is determined, according to an Environmental Finance conference which was told to prioritise red over green investments.
The Nepalese green bond market has been kick-started after two banks in the country issued debut green bonds in recent weeks.
A programme allowing UK local authorities to raise capital directly from private investors backed by the Green Finance Institute (GFI) and crowdfunding specialist Abundance Investment has secured £16 million ($21 million) in catalytic funding.