News

• Sustainability bonds 'key instrument' to resolving just transition challenges

  21 May 2025

  Sustainability bonds provide an important means to resolve challenges to integrating 'just transition' in sustainable bond markets, according to London School of Economics (LSE).

• Asset manager progress on ESG 'stagnating', ShareAction finds

  21 May 2025

  Many investment firms are "failing to consider the long-term interests of asset owners", a new report by responsible investment charity ShareAction has found.

• Business case for sustainable agriculture is currently 'challenging'

  20 May 2025

  Lack of performance data and unclear definitions means sustainable agriculture remains a "challenging" business case for investors, according to Agriculture Capital.

• Sustainable sukuk 'powerful enabler' for transition

  20 May 2025

  The UN has called for the development of common sustainable sukuk standards and a focus on closing the "knowledge gap" among global investors in order to unlock the potential of Islamic bond markets for supporting the climate transition.

• Could a company issue a debt-for-nature swap?

  20 May 2025

  A corporate debt-for-nature swap is 'possible' but would face challenges, an Environmental Finance conference heard, alongside warnings that sovereigns are facing 'pitching fatigue'.

• UK, EU agree to work towards ETS linkage

  19 May 2025

  The EU and the UK have agreed to work towards linking their Emissions Trading Schemes (ETS), with exemption provisions also agreed on the Carbon Border Adjust Mechanism (CBAM).

• Pakistan makes 'strong step forward' with debut sovereign green sukuk

  19 May 2025

  Pakistan has raised PKR32 billion ($113 million) from its debut sovereign green sukuk, with the "milestone" deal more than five-times oversubscribed and expectations for more sustainable sukuk deals in the country.

• Article 6.4 standards confirmed

  19 May 2025

  The supervisory body of the Paris Agreement's Article 6.4 mechanism has adopted standards outlining how projects can accurately measure their impact.

• ESG backlash 'good for the market'

  16 May 2025

  The ESG backlash is likely to benefit the sustainable investing market - and the data on which it relies - in the long run, Environmental Finance's Sustainability Data conference in New York heard.

• BNPP quits impact network GIIN following strategic review

  16 May 2025

  BNP Paribas Asset Management has quit the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) after deciding not to review its membership, Environmental Finance has learned.