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Sustainability disclosure 'plateaud' in 2025, NBIM says

Year-on-year improvements in the quality of sustainability data slowed and, in some cases, hit a "plateau" last year, according to the manager of the world's largest sovereign wealth fund.

Winners of Environmental Market Rankings 2026 revealed

The industry's leading brokers, traders and intermediaries have been revealed in this year's Environmental Market Rankings, which are published today.

'Now is probably the time to issue a social bond'

Danske Bank has urged issuers considering issuing social or sustainability bonds to enter the market, as social debt supply increasingly lags demand.

NZAM survives after relaunch drops 1.5°C target

The Net Zero Asset Managers initiative (NZAM) is set to continue after dropping a key commitment to limit global warming to 1.5°C, to help asset managers meet their fiduciary responsibilities "in a rapidly changing regulatory and market environment".

Sustainable debt round-up: Eurogrid, HASI, ANZ Bank ... and more

UK invites voluntary reporting as it reveals sustainability standards

The UK government has invited companies to use newly published UK Sustainability Reporting Standards (SRS) voluntarily, ahead of mandatory requirements being revealed in coming months.

EIB becomes biggest EuGB issuer with record-breaking bond

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued its second European Green Bond (EuGB), with the €4 billion ($4.7 billion) deal the largest to use the label to date.

GIST Impact launches Nature-Value-at-Risk dataset

GIST Impact has launched a Nature-Value-at-Risk dataset to help financial institutions quantify how nature degradation translates into financial risk.

EU gives final seal of approval to Omnibus cuts

EU countries approved cuts to corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence rules, marking the final step for adoption of the European Commission's first Omnibus package.

'Hard time seeing a lot of use cases for transition bonds'

SEB is finding it a "hard time" identifying significant opportunities to use the newly launched climate transition bond (CTB) label in Northern European markets, but there are potential focused opportunities in Europe.