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Zurich to drop oil and gas producers lacking credible transition plans by 2030
20 September 2024Zurich has unveiled its 2024 climate transition plan that sets interim targets and the strategy to achieve net-zero by 2050 across its insurance business, investments and operations.
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Investors must move beyond 'lip service' on biodiversity, says Nuveen
20 September 2024Investors must move beyond "lip service" and actually be willing to look at nature and biodiversity investment opportunities, Nuveen has told an Environmental Finance conference.
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Dow Chemical could issue second green bond in the future
20 September 2024Dow Chemical has not ruled out issuing a second green bond in the future, although any decision will not be made until after the US election in November.
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Brazilian development bank to fund next wave of renewable technology
19 September 2024The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) wants to fund the next wave of renewable technology in the country, but there is a need for more blended finance, according to Luciana Costa, infrastructure, energy transition and climate change managing director at BNDES.
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Sovereign SLBs challenging due to the nature of the issuer
19 September 2024Sovereigns across the world have embraced the sustainability-linked bond (SLB) instruments, with issuance increasingly being considered, but the nature of sovereigns creates some challenges for investors, the audience at Sustainable Debt Americas 2024 heard.
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Emerging sustainable technologies face continued acceptability challenges
19 September 2024Emerging technologies face a host of challenges in becoming more accepted in the sustainable finance market, according to panel members at the Environmental Finance's Sustainable Debt Americas 2024 conference held in New York this morning.
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Rwanda to develop Article 6 projects pipeline with GenZero and Gold Standard
19 September 2024Rwanda has signed an agreement with carbon standards body Gold Standard and Singapore-based investor GenZero to develop a pipeline of Article 6-compliant carbon credit projects.
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SIX moves into carbon removal with Carbonfuture investment
19 September 2024SIX Swiss Exchange is leading a Series A funding round in Carbonfuture, which specialises in managing the entire lifecycle of carbon removal credits with its data-driven digital infrastructure.
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Second Trump presidency and trade wars threaten to slow transition to a crawl, Generation says
19 September 2024Twin threats of a second term for Donald Trump and global trade wars risk "slow[ing] the energy transition down to a crawl" as global trade verges on collapse, according to Generation Investment Management.
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Blended finance will bridge agrifood funding gap, says Pollination
19 September 2024Blended finance can be the answer to addressing the financing gap facing in the regenerative agricultural transition, a report by consultancy Pollination has claimed.
- 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
- US-Iran conflict shows NGFS assumptions 'don't hold' amid fragmented transition
- AI data centre sustainable debt spurs innovation - and risk
- Lloyds launches UK food and nature resilience fund
- Allianz & Zurich launch blended finance investment company
- 'Paris-aligned benchmarks' out of favour in fragmented transition, Lazard says
- Clifford Capital targets $600m for transition vehicle
- Gresham House acquires major US timberland manager