EU's simplified Deforestation Regulation could have 'catastrophic consequences'

ING remains upbeat on sustainable debt, despite slow start to year

Strong demand for plain vanilla bonds and the US-Iran conflict have impacted sustainable debt issuance this year, according to ING, although it has maintained its prediction that labelled debt issuance will surpass $1.6 trillion in 2026.

Edentree ponders flexible sustainable bond strategies to tackle transition, EM

Edentree Investment Management (IM) is looking at new products to tackle transition and emerging market fixed income opportunities amid an "uneasy fit" in established - but restrictive - sustainable bond strategies.

French local government lender to start issuing green and social bonds

French local government lender Agence France Locale (AFL) has updated its sustainable finance framework, enabling it to issue standalone green and social bonds alongside sustainability bonds.

RGREEN Invest raises €500m for fourth infrastructure debt fund

TFFF organisers not yet focused on private backing

Organisers of the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) are not yet focusing on private sector involvement, despite enquiries from private finance becoming increasingly sophisticated, Environmental Finance has learned.