News

• France plans €11bn green bond issuance in 2023

  25 January 2023

  France is preparing to raise €11 billion ($12 billion) from sovereign green bonds in 2023, representing a €1 billion boost to the 2022 total from the major issuer

• 'Greenhushing' in 2023 could be 'as harmful as greenwashing'

  25 January 2023

  'Greenhushing' will become a growing problem in 2023, Apex has warned, after rising pressure from investors and regulators on 'greenwashing' in 2022

• SEC reporting proposals 'to boost US corporate GSSS bonds'

  25 January 2023

  The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposals on climate reporting will help drive greater uptake of green, social, sustainable and sustainability-linked (GSSS) bond in the US...

• Four years after Brumadinho - investor mining commission launches

  25 January 2023

  Investors have launched a commission to raise sustainability standards in the mining sector, four years after the Brumadinho mining disaster, which killed 270 people.

• Chinese investors 'dubious' about Hong Kong green bond issuance

  24 January 2023

  Chinese investors are "dubious" about offshore green bond issuances in Hong Kong because of the lack of green bond rules in place in the financial centre , Sustainable Fitch has told Environmental Finance.

• Investment in sustainable fashion needs to be ramped up, investor says

  24 January 2023

  Investment in sustainable supply chains for the fabrics used in fashion is "missing", an executive at family office Vedra Partners claimed.

• Agri-forestry investment yields endangered by physical climate risks, data gaps

  24 January 2023

  Folium Capital, a $900 million investor in the agriculture and forestry sector, is preparing for volatile annual returns over the next ten years, brought on by climate-induced forest fires, droughts, and pricier crop insurance.

• Eurozone investors 'net buyers' of labelled debt, ECB says

  24 January 2023

  Investors in the eurozone of 20 EU states are "net buyers" of debt labelled by issuers as green, social, sustainability or sustainability-linked, according to analysis by the ECB.

• ECB seeks to narrow 'climate data gap' with statistics on debt, physical risks

  24 January 2023

  A first set of statistics on the sustainability bond market, carbon emissions and physical risks posed by climate change has been published by the European Central Bank (ECB).

• Indian financial sector 'not prepared' for the transition

  23 January 2023

  Major exposure to high-emitting sectors and insufficient risk-management policies means the Indian financial sector is 'not prepared' for the energy transition, according to research.