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SMBC Americas sustainable finance head leaves

Aaron Franklin has left his role as head of sustainable finance at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) Americas.

Natural capital valuation attracting more support from investors, says Oji Holdings

More investors are looking at ways to quantify natural asset holdings, forestry management company Oji Holdings has told Environmental Finance, as it joins a programme to standardise natural capital accounting.

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Climate risk 'no longer tragedy of the horizon' says ECB note as it models 5% hit to GDP

Climate change is no longer "the Tragedy of the Horizon" but an imminent danger, a note by the European Central Bank (ECB) warned, as its 'short-term' scenario analysis showed potential for a huge 5% hit to eurozone GDP from extreme physical climate risks.

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Phenix launches advisory business PCG Impact

Phenix Capital Group has launched an advisory services business, PCG Impact.

Sustainable Fitch: EM bonds perform best on impact metrics

Sustainability bonds from emerging market issuers outperform their developer market counterparts on impact performance, despite disclosing less information, research from Sustainable Fitch found.

Calvert Impact begins fundraising private capital amid Trump's IRA fund reversal

US-based investment firm Calvert Impact is hoping to raise $7 billion of private capital for clean energy projects, to fill a financing gap created after US President Donald Trump pulled the plug on a climate grant promised by the previous administration.

Renewables investing goes beyond climate change debate, says Nuveen Infrastructure

Institutional investors' level of understanding about clean energy has been a "game changer" in recent years, with more sophisticated conversations around the issues and challenges that the renewables sector faces, according to Nuveen Infrastructure.

Trump tax bill 'less ugly than initially anticipated'

A tax-and-spending bill introduced by US President Donald Trump could accelerate investment in wind and solar projects in the short-term, amid a rush to take advantage of a closing window of tax credits, according to a senior figure at Lombard Odier.