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IDB Invest makes record mobilisation of private capital for Chile power deal
08 October 2024IDB Invest is to invest $2.4 billion in a bid to bring greater sustainability to the Chile's energy sector, in what it has described as the "largest mobilisation of private resources ever undertaken".
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ICMA 'best practice' sustainable commercial paper guidance 'positive step' for market
08 October 2024The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has published an initial "best practice" report on the growing €300 billion ($330 billion) sustainable commercial paper (CP) market, with hopes that the additional guidance can help stimulate greater interest in the instruments.
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ICE launches transition risk assessment product for 'underserved' asset classes
08 October 2024ICE has launched a data product it says will provide transition risk assessments for "underserved segments" of fixed income including mortgage-backed securities and real estate, to support reporting of financed emissions and climate stress testing.
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World Bank launches food security group
08 October 2024The World Bank has launched a high-level thought leadership group to provide guidance and strategic advice on tackling food security.
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International declaration to decarbonise shipping signed
07 October 2024An international declaration to decarbonise shipping, including creating the financial instruments necessary to support this, has been signed at the Hamburg Sustainability Conference.
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Enable biodiversity credits with blockchain, says Global Canopy
07 October 2024Biodiversity credits should be created as a blockchain-enabled digital asset, rather than trying to retrofit, Global Canopy has said, despite challenges on linking to real world assets.
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ECB could switch from sovereign to supranational bonds amid climate concerns, says Elderson
07 October 2024A lack of a "clear and reliable framework" for comparing sovereign bonds with Paris goals should prompt the European Central Bank (ECB) to consider buying bonds from EU supranational issuers, says one board member.
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UK social impact cashes-in £10bn, says Better Society Capital
07 October 2024Pension funds are the largest capital contributor to the UK's impact investment market, research from Better Society Capital has found.
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ESMA fund name guidelines risk EU green bond growth, warns EFAMA
07 October 2024ESMA's new Fund Naming Guidelines could create inconsistencies with the EU Green Bond Standard that may hamper the growth of the corporate green bond market, says a leading asset manager trade body.
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'Fundamental rethinking' of the financial sector needed, says Barbados' Mottley
07 October 2024A fundamental reset and rethinking of the financial system are needed to avoid climate disaster, the prime minister of Barbados has warned.
- Human rights impacts should be part of nature disclosure
- Using the SDGs to invest in sovereign debt
- Sovereign 'tension' with corporate sustainable bond investments needs addressing
- AI data centre sustainable debt spurs innovation - and risk
- Lloyds launches UK food and nature resilience fund
- The dark side of AI investment
- Allianz & Zurich launch blended finance investment company
- US-Iran conflict shows NGFS assumptions 'don't hold' amid fragmented transition
- 'Paris-aligned benchmarks' out of favour in fragmented transition, Lazard says
- UK forum to define carbon in bid to develop market