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Finland's TVO secures first green-labelled credit facility
22 May 2026Finnish nuclear power producer Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) has signed a new revolving credit facility of €800 million ($930 million), aligned with its recently updated Green Finance Framework.
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Singapore blended finance initiative adds $290m at second close
21 May 2026An additional $290 million has been allocated to Singapore's Green Investments Partnership (GIP) blended finance programme, which reached a total of $800 million in commitments at second close.
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Invest in data and adaptation to fight extreme weather impacts, NGFS says
21 May 2026Investments in climate adaptation and resilience measures and improvements in data relating to extreme weather events are among actions recommended by a group of central banks and supervisors to combat the worst climate impacts.
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Issuers get taste for 'Wonton' green bond market
21 May 2026Foreign issuers are turning to the Hong Kong market for their green bond issuances amid "strong demand" for labelled sustainable bond instruments among local investors, with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Standard Chartered both debuting public 'Wonton' green bonds this month.
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'Very significant demand for methane abatement use-of-proceeds'
21 May 2026Issuers are considering methane abatement-focused sustainable bonds amid "very significant" investor demand for such instruments, but a senior banker said the market waiting for an issuer to take the first step.
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Preparations begin for nature transition planning network
21 May 2026A working group, led by the WWF and CDP has launched to explore how a nature transition planning network could be developed to help companies integrate nature in a "coherent, actionable way".
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Inconsistencies in how credit ratings consider ESG factors, UK regulator says
21 May 2026Credit ratings agencies in the UK have been told to clarify how they consider environmental and social factors in ratings and address inconsistencies in documentation, after a review by their regulator.
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Canada's Investors for Paris Compliance to sunset after reaching 'limits'
21 May 2026An initiative to hold listed companies in Canada accountable to their net-zero promises is to wind down after reaching the limits of what it could achieve.
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Typhoon triggers instant insurance payouts for Vietnamese coffee farmers
21 May 2026A parametric insurance policy for Vietnamese coffee farmers backed by insurance brokerage Willis and risk transfer specialist Global Parametrics has been triggered for the first time after a typhoon hit farmer yields.
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ČEZ Group prices €750m inaugural European Green Bond with nuclear allocation
20 May 2026Czech utility ČEZ Group has priced a €750 million ($870 million) inaugural European Green Bond under the EU's Green Bond Standard, with proceeds expected to support nuclear energy investments alongside renewables and grid projects.
- Place-based impact for the net zero economy
- IFC mandates benchmark five-year US dollar green bond
- Changing the conversation on nature finance
- ASTM publishes inaugural green finance framework
- Biggest insurers failing to get to grips with adaptation, says ShareAction
- SFDR vote delayed amid disagreement on transition category
- IFC issues inaugural euro green benchmark, while dollar deal tightens by 4bps
- Making green guarantees profitable
- Dawes named FCA director of sustainable finance
- TenneT Germany plans inaugural bond issuance with EuGB