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MSCI in $120m physical risk data deal
24 June 2026The arms race to provide physical climate risk data escalated today as ESG data provider MSCI announced the $120 million acquisition of First Street, and Sustainalytics revealed a new collaboration with data providers.
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Resilience debt growth requires 'systematic' approach - and insurer involvement
24 June 2026Markets should be more "systematic" in how they "match-up" adaptation and resilience debt structures with investors who directly benefit from the outcomes, in particular insurance companies.
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Unlikely to be 'universal agreement of credibility' for transition finance
24 June 2026Although the market is unlikely to ever identify a global view around assessing transition finance credibility, Schroders told an Environmental Finance event in Singapore that there is room for focusing on "uniform elements" to apply globally.
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'Sovereigns are still lagging with blue bonds'
24 June 2026There is strong progress with blue bonds in Latin America and Asia, but the Blue Bond Accelerator (BBA) told an Environment Finance event in Singapore that crucial sovereign issuers are lagging behind.
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Just four external reviewers cleared to verify EU Green Bonds
24 June 2026By Peter Cripps in Milan
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Acea blue bond sees price tighten
23 June 2026From Peter Cripps in Milan
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European pension funds looking to UK on nature, says Brunel
23 June 2026UK and European pension funds have been collaborating on nature, according to Brunel Pension Partnership.
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'Deregulation has stepped over the line'
23 June 2026Deregulation in Europe has gone too far, driven by a narrative in which the Green Deal has been portrayed as "evil", London Climate Action Week heard.
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Blue bond issuers shouldn't be afraid of blue-washing, says Fidelity's Atkinson
23 June 2026Demand for blue bonds is outstripping supply, according to Fidelity International's Kris Atkinson, who encouraged issuers to choose the emerging label over traditional green-labelled finance.
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'So many taxonomies' in APAC is a 'necessary evil', says Sustainable Fitch
23 June 2026The growing number of sustainable finance taxonomies across the Asia-Pacific region is creating complexity for investors and issuers, but market participants argued that this is an unavoidable phase, as countries pursue different pathways to decarbonisation.
- Place-based impact for the net zero economy
- IFC mandates benchmark five-year US dollar green bond
- Changing the conversation on nature finance
- ASTM publishes inaugural green finance framework
- Biggest insurers failing to get to grips with adaptation, says ShareAction
- SFDR vote delayed amid disagreement on transition category
- IFC issues inaugural euro green benchmark, while dollar deal tightens by 4bps
- Dawes named FCA director of sustainable finance
- TenneT Germany plans inaugural bond issuance with EuGB
- Making green guarantees profitable