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Investors are increasingly bullish about the technology, which can help address energy security concerns while enabling the transition. Michael Hurley reports
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a $50 million sustainability-linked loan with agricultural supply chain company ETG to support smallholder coffee and cashew farmers in India and Vietnam.
US water technology company Xylem's inaugural blue bond was over 10 times oversubscribed, highlighting growing investor interest in water-focused sustainable finance.
The latest transaction in the Japanese 'climate transition' bond (CTB) programme suggests a "meaningful pocket of investor demand" for the instrument after a 'greenium' once again returned to the pioneering sovereign structure.
The EU risks creating a "reporting vacuum" that undermines investors' data needs if it proceeds with a proposal to exempt asset managers' reporting under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), observers warned.