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US regulator withdraws carbon credits guidance months after it was introduced

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has withdrawn guidance on the listing of voluntary carbon credit derivative contracts for CFTC-regulated derivatives exchanges, less than a year after its introduction.

RepRisk: Huge potential for geospatial technology to drive risk management

ESG data provider RepRisk has doubled the coverage of a tool that uses geospatial data to assess the biodiversity risks faced by projects, Environmental Finance has learned.

NIB launches 'Sustainability-Linked Loan Bond' framework

Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has published its inaugural Sustainability-Linked Loan Bond (SLLB) framework after highlighting it was "very keen" on the structure earlier this year.

UK focus on place-based impact will change schemes' fund manager relationships

The UK government's pension reforms could encourage more place-based impact investing and change the way schemes allocate to impact, a report has said.

China's transition taxonomy pilot gaining momentum, says Ma Jun

Chinese provinces and cities piloting a transition finance taxonomy have said that it has driven demand for low-carbon investments from companies in heavy industry seeking lower-cost funding, according to a prominent expert.

European equity funds resort to 'brownwashing' as ESMA deadline hits, says Morningstar

Dozens of European equity funds have dropped ESG terms from their fund names in 2025, as the European Securities and Markets Authority's (ESMA) guidelines on fund names took effect, data from Morningstar has revealed.

Sustainable debt round-up: Saudi Awwal, San Francisco BART, Endeavour Energy ... and more

Sobha Realty raises $750m from debut green sukuk

United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based luxury property firm Sobha Realty has raised $750 million from its inaugural green sukuk transaction, in one of the largest corporate sustainable Islamic bond deals to date.

Join NBIM, GSAM and the FCA at The Future of ESG Data conference

Environmental Finance's annual conference on ESG data is expected to be the biggest yet, boosted by the launch of an additional stream on nature data.

Industry must tackle structural barriers facing nature-based solutions, report finds

The narrow range of nature-based solutions able to deliver scalable nature outcomes face "persistent structural barriers", a new report has found, as investors are often constrained by "fiduciary interpretations, data gaps and mandates".