News

• Winners of the 2026 Sustainable Debt Awards revealed

  14 April 2026

  The winners of the 2026 Environmental Finance Sustainable Debt Awards have been announced.

  

• Fondaction backs natural capital fund launch with CAD25m

  13 April 2026

  Canada's Fondaction Asset Management and Triodos Investment Management are aiming to raise €300 million ($350 million) for a newly launched natural capital strategy.

• Transition plans expanding beyond climate targets, says Sustainable Fitch

  13 April 2026

  The way that many companies are using transition plans is evolving beyond climate target disclosure and into other areas, such as capital allocation and risk management, according to Sustainable Fitch.

• Finance for Biodiversity event aims to bring investors to the TFFF

  13 April 2026

  The Finance for Biodiversity Foundation has revealed to Environmental Finance that it is hosting an event in May to get private and public finance moving on the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF).

• TNFD proposes 'state of nature' LEAP updates

  13 April 2026

  The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has proposed updates to its Locate, Evaluate, Assess and Prepare (LEAP) process to better incorporate wider metric development.

• KfW: 'Significant step' towards 2026 green bond target with €5bn deal

  13 April 2026

  KfW has raised €5 billion ($5.8 billion) from its joint largest green bond to date, leaving the German development bank on track to reach - and maybe surpass - its €15 billion issuance target for this year.

• Iceberg introduces biodiversity and human rights screening

  13 April 2026

  Iceberg Data Lab has introduced a new screening for sensitive biodiversity areas and conflict zones as part of a set of upgrades to its nature data following client demand.

• German infrastructure spending to drive European GB opportunities, says Indosuez

  13 April 2026

  A bumper infrastructure package announced by the German government last year should result in more opportunities in the European green bond market in 2026, according to Indosuez Wealth Management.

• 'EuGB' sustainable bond market share growing quickly in 2026

  10 April 2026

  Sustainable bond issuances using the 'European Green Bond' (EuGB) label are continuing to strengthen market share in 2026, with more than 9% of European green bond volumes already using the 'gold standard' structure.

• Verbund raises €700m from 'milestone' EuGB debut

  10 April 2026

  Electricity firm Verbund has raised €700 million ($818 million) from its inaugural 'European Green Bond' (EuGB), becoming the first Austrian issuer to use the 'gold standard' green bond label.