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Methane capture beats 'mediocre' wind & solar profits, says North Sky

North Sky Capital is increasingly targeting investment in methane capture technology, urban solar and other 'speciality' renewable energy projects in its' impact funds, having found greater returns with these projects than in larger wind and solar farm projects.

Private banks' ESG boom tempered by greenwashing concern

Private banks have grown their sustainable investing product offering significantly in recent years, driven by client demand and regulation - but 'concern' remains about unsubstantiated claims of positive impact, researchers have said.

'Junk' sustainable bonds have weaker covenants

The covenants attached to 'speculative'-grade sustainable bonds in 2021 were weaker in quality than their non-sustainable bonds equivalents, with the trend demonstrated particularly among sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs).

Biodiversity credits could be 'huge for finance'

If biodiversity credits can capture the nature-related value of an area, they could become a "huge thing for finance", an investor has claimed.

Be picky with buyers as 'carbon is a seller's market', says AXA IM Alts

People Moves 17 June 2022 including German sustainable finance board; AXA IM & more...

EU board gender quota must be more ambitious

The EU should introduce a higher target for its recently introduced corporate board gender quota requirement, after data revealed EU firms are already in line with the current goal.

Single, reference price for voluntary carbon market launched

Voluntary carbon market (VCM) experts have launched an exchange-traded contract for carbon credits using a single, standardised reference price for carbon emission removals.

Loan round-up: Cinven, Adani Transmission, ChinaChem, Leo Paper ... and more

Basel Committee publishes final climate-risk principles

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) has published its final set of climate-related financial risk principles for regulators,...