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Bank Windhoek raises NAD250m from pioneering Namibian SLB
22 August 2025Bank Windhoek has raised NAD250.5 million ($14 million) from the first sustainability-linked bond (SLB) from a Namibian issuer, which the longstanding sustainable bond issuer described as a "significant evolution" of its approach.
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US-EU trade agreement set to curb CSDDD reach
22 August 2025Cuts to the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), such as restricting the reach of civil liability rules, are likely to be propelled by pressure from the US, a joint US-EU statement on a 'framework' for a trade agreement indicates.
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M&G welcomes SFDR's expected transition focus, but rues lack of impact label
21 August 2025M&G's head of impact strategy has welcomed high-level proposals for the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) to include climate transition as part of its forthcoming overhaul.
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NDCs must go beyond political signals at COP30, warns Helios
21 August 2025Nationally determined contributions (NDCs) must go beyond political signals to inform sustainable investment policy, a private markets investor has warned.
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Christa Clapp: SLBs could be due a 'reset'
21 August 2025Early evidence of a "reset" for the sustainability-linked bond (SLB) market could prove a "big opportunity" for issuers in sectors which are currently "very vulnerable" amid the transition to a lower carbon economy, according to S&P Global Ratings.
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Guidelines to help end transition labelling 'free-for-all'
21 August 2025UK government-backed draft transition finance guidelines have set the right balance between being too prescriptive and being too high level, according to an investor who helped draw them up.
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RGreen to launch energy transition evergreen fund
21 August 2025RGreen Invest is to launch a renewables-focused open-ended fund, Environmental Finance has learned.
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UOB explores how to better integrate nature in sustainable products
21 August 2025UOB has told Environmental Finance that it is looking to develop sustainable finance products which further integrate nature.
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Hard to 'make the positive impact case' for big tech, says M&G
21 August 2025An underweight position in big technology firms has hindered the performance of M&G's Positive Impact Fund - but this stance has helped it attract large asset owners, it has told Environmental Finance.
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Money market funds the 'sustainable asset class of choice' in 2025
21 August 2025European Article 8 and 9 money market funds have "taken equities' role as the sustainable asset class of choice so far this year", according to LSEG Lipper, although it has "no clear idea" why.
- Making green guarantees profitable
- SFDR vote delayed amid disagreement on transition category
- IFC issues inaugural euro green benchmark, while dollar deal tightens by 4bps
- IFC mandates benchmark five-year US dollar green bond
- ASTM publishes inaugural green finance framework
- TenneT Germany raises record €3.5bn in debut European Green Bond
- Place-based impact for the net zero economy
- TenneT Germany plans inaugural bond issuance with EuGB
- Changing the conversation on nature finance
- Dawes named FCA director of sustainable finance