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Video: A2A's Patricia Gentile at Sustainable Debt EMEA 2026

Speaking on the sidelines of Environmental Finance's Sustainable Debt EMEA conference in London on 23 April, Patricia Gentile, Group Head of Finance and Insurance at A2A, discusses how companies are navigating the evolving sustainable debt market.

Concerns raised that draft ESRS leave investors short of data

Concerns remain that the latest draft of EU sustainability reporting standards could leave investors short of key information, according to initial analysis of the proposed text.

NatWest adds transition bonds and SLLBs to updated framework

NatWest Group has updated its sustainable finance framework to include transition bonds and sustainability-linked loan bonds (SLLBs), expanding the range of debt instruments it can issue to support decarbonisation financing.

Philippe Zaouati in talks to exit Mirova

Mirova CEO Philippe Zaouati is understood to be in talks to exit the sustainability-focused asset manager he co-founded in 2012.

Swedish muni sustainable bond issuance on upward trend

The active Swedish municipal sustainable bond market continues to strengthen, and Danske Bank expects this "upward trend" to persist as sustainable finance increasingly tackles emerging themes - including defence.

New Forests plans to 'build out' the nature story for investors

As it plans to scale up nature measurement across its assets, New Forests has revealed how investors are looking for a wider story on nature rather than the granular data.

EU unveils near-final sustainability reporting standards

The EU has published revised European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) in a package it says would reduce the number of mandatory datapoints by about 60% compared with the current framework.

Digital Edge and B.Grimm Power secure Thailand's largest data centre loan

Singapore-based data centre operator Digital Edge and Thai energy producer B.Grimm Power have secured an $880 million green loan to finance a 100MW data centre campus in Thailand.

Sustainable debt round-up: Land NRW, Edged Compute, Alpha Bank ... and more

Victoria sends 'strong signal' with pioneering Aussie Taxonomy framework

The Treasury Corporation of Victoria (TCV) has become the first state government to publish an Australian Taxonomy (AUT)-aligned sustainable bond framework, described as a "strong signal of momentum" for the transition-focused taxonomy.