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• 'Europe needs to get over the ego of green'

  29 July 2025

  Europe must let go of their 'green' dogmatism for a more pragmatic approach if it is to join in and catch up with the global transition finance shift, a senior sustainable finance executive argues.

• NextEnergy to launch another UK solar fund four months after closing debut

  29 July 2025

  NextEnergy Capital has begun 'soft marketing' of its next UK-focused solar fund with a view to launch later this year, Environmental Finance has learned, following the recent closing of its debut fund for this strategy.

• ECB to 'reduce value' of high-climate-risk assets pledged as collateral

  29 July 2025

  Assets pledged by banks as collateral that are deemed to be highly exposed to climate transition risks will have the financial value assigned to them "reduced" according to a 'climate factor' calculation set to be introduced by the European Central Bank (ECB).

• Australian super fund council sets out nature plans

  29 July 2025

  Members of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors will 'refine' their engagement with companies on nature issues over the next year, as part of its ongoing work on nature issues.

• UK government's nature fund 'a deterrent to private investment'

  29 July 2025

  The UK government's proposed nature recovery fund for developers has been slammed as a deterrent to private investment.

• Cardano: Don't let older frameworks hold back sustainable bond appeal

  28 July 2025

  Issuers have been urged to ensure they "move forward" with regular and ambitious updates to their sustainable bond frameworks to retain investment appeal, by Dutch asset manager Cardano.

• Asset owners increasingly sophisticated on ESG - despite backlash, says GMO

  28 July 2025

  For many sustainability-focused asset managers in North America, day-to-day activity remains "business as usual" despite the ESG backlash, says Boston-headquartered asset manager GMO.

• Stafford builds asset manager reporting framework amid PRI reporting overhaul

  28 July 2025

  Stafford Capital Partners has begun to build a system to standardise the data collected by its fund managers after the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) made changes to its reporting framework, Environmental Finance has learned.

• Global Plastics Treaty expected to 'lack ambition'

  28 July 2025

  A Global Plastics Treaty expected to be thrashed out in time for COP30 in November is "unlikely" to be highly ambitious in its wording, a circular economy-specialist investor told Environmental Finance.

• Sovereigns must be 'frontrunners' with sustainability-linked green bonds

  28 July 2025

  Sovereigns should "take the lead" on issuing "materially upgraded" sustainable bonds combining sustainability-linked bond (SLB) and green bond structures, ...