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ING: EU GBS compliance 'must become easier'
18 December 2024The process for securing full compliance with the EU Taxonomy must "become easier" for the full amount of EU Green Bond (EuGB) issuance under the EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS), according to Dutch lender ING.
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Reform financial system to boost investment in nature, governments told
17 December 2024Countries have been urged to reform the global financial system to remove harmful subsidies and encourage "changes in business models including through improving returns to investments that benefit nature," in a major report.
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Environmental Finance launches Blended Finance segment, partners with OECD on conference
17 December 2024Environmental Finance has launched a segment of its website dedicated to 'Blended Finance' and has partnered with the OECD on a conference on the topic, to help drive interest in this vital developmental theme.
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Debt-for-nature swaps a 'proven tool' - but not a panacea, says TNC
17 December 2024After a record-breaking 2024 for debt-for-nature swaps, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) said it is seeing "greater interest than ever" and expects more in 2025 and beyond - but emphasises that, despite the success, the structure is not a 'silver bullet'.
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UK Starmer's 'clean power superpower' ambition misplaced, says SDCL's Maxwell
17 December 2024The UK will likely fail trying to live up to its 'clean power superpower' ambitions, an energy investor has told Environmental Finance.
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EU advisers push for sustainability, transition categories to replace SFDR Articles 8 & 9
17 December 2024The EU has been told it should create three categories of sustainable investment products to replace the existing Article 8 and 9 disclosure framework under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), by its expert Platform on Sustainable Finance
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Define impact investing in SFDR, EU Platform says
17 December 2024The EU should define impact investing so impact funds can be distinguished in an overhauled Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), according to expert advisors mandated by the European Commission.
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Ecuador secures 'incredible' $1bn debt-for-nature swap deal
17 December 2024Ecuador has signed a $1 billion debt-for-nature swap transaction which will secure more than $400 million in conservation funding for the Amazon, in a deal which The Nature Conservancy (TNC) said was full of "incredible firsts"...
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Biodiversity resolution support 'plummeting', Global Witness finds
17 December 2024Support for biodiversity-related resolutions has "plummeted" in recent years, research by Global Witness has found, as it warns that growing awareness of biodiversity loss is not translating to better outcomes.
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Regen ag and biodiversity form 2025 investment focus for Schroders Capital
16 December 2024Natural capital, biodiversity and newer themes such as regenerative agriculture will be a bigger area of focus for Schroders Capital in 2025, Environmental Finance has learned.
- Human rights impacts should be part of nature disclosure
- Using the SDGs to invest in sovereign debt
- Lloyds launches UK food and nature resilience fund
- The dark side of AI investment
- AI data centre sustainable debt spurs innovation - and risk
- 'Paris-aligned benchmarks' out of favour in fragmented transition, Lazard says
- Allianz & Zurich launch blended finance investment company
- Sovereign 'tension' with corporate sustainable bond investments needs addressing
- Clifford Capital targets $600m for transition vehicle
- UK forum to define carbon in bid to develop market