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Artesian: 'Really targeting' potential blue bonds issuers
04 December 2024Alternative investment manager Artesian is "really targeting" blue bonds in the Australian sustainable bond market, but acknowledges that the market opportunity is still small.
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Public financing being 'wasted' on commercially viable nature projects, says EIB
03 December 2024Public financiers need to ensure they are not "wasting" grant financing on nature projects that could be commercially successful, the European Investment Bank (EIB) has said.
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NatureAlpha expands team amid 'soaring demand for nature data'
03 December 2024Data tech start-up NatureAlpha has unveiled a new CEO, as the business expands to deal with strong growth in demand for its products.
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Industry backs UK taxonomy in government study, despite vast cost of EU rules
03 December 2024Financial institutions and corporates have recommended the UK adopt a sustainability taxonomy like the EU's, despite laying out the vast cost associated with meeting the rules in the EU, in a study commissioned by the UK government.
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Investors need to open their eyes to nature returns, says UNDP
03 December 2024The UN Development Programme (UNDP) has called on private investors to "step up" and "open their eyes" to potential returns at the start of the desertification COP in Saudi Arabia.
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Astarte launches $350m Chilean regen-ag strategy
03 December 2024Sustainable real assets investor Astarte Capital Partners is to manage a $350 million regenerative agriculture-focused fund alongside Chile-based Toesca Asset Management.
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Blue Earth secures $113m for first evergreen impact private credit strategy
03 December 2024Blue Earth Capital has held a first close of its semi-liquid impact private credit strategy at $113 million.
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Two more investors adopt SDR labelling ahead of FCA deadline
03 December 2024A pair of investors have adopted labelling under the Financial Conduct Authority's Sustainable Disclosure Requirements (SDR), ahead of yesterday's deadline.
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Japan targets SLL market integrity concerns in latest sustainable finance updates
03 December 2024The Japanese government has updated its green and sustainability-linked bond and loan guidance to better reflect the updated international market principles and try and address two "major concerns" around the sustainability-linked loan (SLL) market in the country.
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US braced for stifling impact of Trump presidency on bank climate regulation
03 December 2024Climate-related regulation of US banks is set to stagnate "at best" and faces the prospect of anti-ESG rulemaking at federal level, according to a prominent former regulator.
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