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Parkway Life REIT secures 'milestone' debut social loan, green bond

Healthcare-focused Parkway Life Real Estate Investment Trust (PLife REIT) has launched a debut social loan and green bond deals after publishing its sustainable financing framework.

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Proxy advisor to 'review election' of Crédit Ag governing body after ECB fine

Pensions and Investment Research Consultants (PIRC) will review the election of any member of Crédit Agricole's sustainability committee, its board chair or its CEO, after the bank's climate-related fine by the European Central Bank (ECB), it said.

KPMG encourages climate-nature transition plans

KPMG has urged companies to develop climate and nature transition plans to help attract private finance and highlighted the benefits of an integrated approach.

SLB performance reporting in 'strong focus' amid wave of target observations

Sustainability-linked bond (SLB) performance reporting is set to be in "strong focus" over the next few months, as a flurry of issuers are expected to report on late-2025 targets.

Transition risk pushing up 10-year bond yields, central bank economists say

Research suggests that higher perceived climate transition risks lead to increased bond yields, suggesting "effective climate policies can help mitigate increases in the cost of debt servicing," according to a group of central bank economists.

Air France-KLM, Accor confirm SLB target misses

Franco-Dutch airline Air France-KLM and French hotel chain Accor have confirmed they have missed the emissions reduction targets tied to their sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs).

No biodiversity credit standard setter 'high-integrity', report finds

An evaluation of the biggest standard setters in the biodiversity credit market has found that none yet qualify as "high-integrity", according to an assessment by the Business for Positive Biodiversity Club (B4B+Club).

Calls for dedicated fund and other measures to tackle CCS finance gap

The Sustainable Market Initiative (SMI) has called for the establishment of a multimillion-dollar catalytic development fund to support carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects to help unlock financing for the sector.

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