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New Zealand LGFA launches water-focused sustainability-linked loan programme

The New Zealand Local Government Funding Agency (LGFA) has launched a pioneering sustainability-linked loan (SLL) programme focused on local government water companies.

AI data centre sustainable debt spurs innovation - and risk

Asia is keen to take the lead on finding flexible but credible ways for the market to support data centre investment, Ahren Lester reports

Nature risk toolkit launched for southeast Asia

A toolkit has been launched to help financial institutions in southeast Asia identify which nature datasets can be used to assess nature-related risks.

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.

Allianz & Zurich launch blended finance investment company

Allianz and Zurich have partnered with Germany's KfW and FinDev Canada to jointly launch an investment vehicle to grow private finance for sustainable development in emerging markets.

ISSB chair calls on EU to keep 'anticipated financial effects' reporting

The EU should ensure that reporting the 'anticipated financial effects' of sustainability risks remains a "core" mandatory requirement in its reporting rules, the chair of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) said.