News

• Asset owner-backed data provider SDI AOP to be acquired by Net Purpose

  29 October 2025

  A data provider set up by a group of pension funds to help them assess companies' contributions to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been acquired by a rival.

• NA100 seeing 'remarkable progress'

  28 October 2025

  The Nature Action 100 (NA100) has said it is seeing 'remarkable progress' among target companies, as it launches its first status report.

• Sri Lanka plans sovereign green bond, SLB amid climate financing push

  28 October 2025

  Sri Lanka is unveiled a raft of measures to scale up the sustainable debt market in the country, including plans to raise more than $11 billion from sovereign green bonds by 2030.

• Asset managers have 'significant knowledge gap' on plastic

  28 October 2025

  Many investors do not understand plastic circularity, according to the cornerstone investor in Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM) Plastic Circularity Fund, although awareness is growing among pension funds in Europe and Australia.

• Draft law paves way for UK ESG ratings regulation to be published

  28 October 2025

  Draft legislation to regulate ESG ratings providers has been presented to the UK parliament, enabling the regulator to consult on its planned rules.

• CA-CIB: Investors are asking for more SLLB issuance

  27 October 2025

  Investors are asking for more issuance of sustainability-linked loan bonds (SLLBs) as the roster of financial institutions (FIs) issuing the innovative instruments grows, according to one of the pioneering issuers.

• UK's CFRF provides more guidance to FI's on nature risk

  27 October 2025

  The UK's Climate Financial Risk Forum (CFRF) has provided guidance on how financial institutions should approach nature-related risks, including an expansion of existing climate modelling.

• LPs 'don't know where to place' EM within allocation strategies, says EAAIF

  27 October 2025

  Appetite for emerging markets-focused funds is growing among institutional investors but many are struggling to make room in their portfolios, the Emerging Africa and Asia Infrastructure Fund (EAAIF) has claimed.

• PPC praises 'valuable' SLB despite green bond switch

  27 October 2025

  Public Power Corporation (PPC) has replaced its sustainability-linked bond (SLB) with a debut green bond, but the Greek power company reiterated the performance-based instrument is still an option for the future after demonstrating its strategic value.

• SBTi labelled a 'red herring' for carbon removal market

  27 October 2025

  The Science-based Targets Initiative (SBTi) has been labelled as a 'red herring' for the voluntary carbon removal market, as the market is urged to rely less on standards and integrity bodies.