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CPP Investments: Forward-looking insurance pricing needed for physical climate risk development

Insurers have a potentially important role to play in helping financial institutions assess the potential costs of physical climate risk, a Canadian pension fund has argued.

UBS: Returns from impact funds 'looking good'

From Jennifer Forrest at the GIIN Impact Forum in Berlin

Axpo praises 'valuable' SLB amid 'highly ambitious' target miss

Swiss energy trading firm Axpo expects to miss the "highly ambitious" renewable energy targets linked to CHF800 million ($1 billion) of its sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs),...

Sustainable debt round-up: Volkswagen Bank, Czech Republic, Turkiye ... and more

ING on the unique challenges of financing EV charging infrastructure

A hybrid combination of traditional corporate lending and project finance could help facilitate the rollout of much-needed electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, according to Dutch bank ING.

Eurogrid raises €1.1bn from first German 'European Green Bond'

Electricity grid operator Eurogrid has raised €1.1 billion ($1.3 billion) from its first 'European Green Bond' (EuGB) label, becoming the first German issuer to use the 'gold standard' sustainable bond label.

Overhauled SFDR to be presented in November

The revised EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) is set to be presented to a meeting of senior European commissioners on 19 November, according to a tentative agenda by the Commission.

Finnish pension fund shifts €7bn portfolio to sustainability-themed benchmarks

Elo has replaced its conventional listed equity benchmarks with versions customised to promote climate and other sustainability objectives, for a portion of its investments worth about €7 billion ($8.2 billion).

INWIT raises €850m from rare debut SLB deal of 2025

Italian mobile telephone network operator Infrastrutture Wireless Italiane (INWIT) has raised €850 million ($995 million) from its first sustainability-linked bond (SLB), becoming one of the few issuers to debut with the performance-based instrument in 2025.

Biodiversity risk increasingly associated with greenwashing, says RepRisk

An increasing focus on biodiversity risks is helping to fuel incidents of greenwashing, a report by RepRisk has found.