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'Huge opportunities' for gender-focused corporate sustainable bond growth

Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) said there are "huge opportunities" for growth in gender-focused sustainable bond issuance, especially for corporate bonds, as markets increasingly look for instruments tied to "tangible and positive impacts".

EU 'overregulating' on green finance, warns UK

The EU may be overregulating when it comes to green finance, a UK minister has claimed.

Pollination: 'Massive' climate potential in smallholder farmers

Business models that harness the work of smallholder farmers have "massive" potential for reaping economic and carbon benefits, facilitated by technology, an executive at Pollination has said.

G7 encourages transition plan implementation

The leaders of the world's biggest economies have called on the private sector to set and implement "credible" climate transition plans in line with the Paris Agreement.

PIRC calls on investors to oppose Glencore climate report

Proxy advisor Pensions and Investment Research Consultants (PIRC) has recommended that investors oppose mining and commodities trading giant Glencore's climate progress report over the inadequacy of its current targets and plans.

CA100+ consults on mining net zero standard

Investor initiative, the Climate Action 100+ (CA100+), has launched a consultation on a net zero standard for mining, to help investors assess progress of diversified mining companies.

German green bond offers 'slender' greenium

The €5.25 billion ($5.7 billion) German green bond was issued with a 'greenium' of just half a basis point (bp), which Bloomberg said was significantly smaller than previous green bonds from the country.

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Just Energy Transition Partnerships still wrestling with coal investments, says Eastspring

Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETP) still need to solve the challenge of how coal asset owners can be compensated for early retirement of their assets, Eastspring Investments has said.

Most investors not assessing negative impact risk, says BlueMark

The impact investing market still has 'more work to do' in assessing the risk of negative impacts, impact verification provider BlueMark has said.