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12 April 2024

Comment: The rumpus over SBTi's offsetting U-turn

What does the row over SBTi's change of heart on carbon credits tell us about the state of sustainable finance, asks Peter Cripps
11 April 2024

Investors ramp up engagement on 'responsible' AI

Ensuring the responsible use of artificial intelligence is emerging as an important part of investor engagement strategies, writes Michael Hurley
10 April 2024

Electric vehicles: bringing charging infrastructure up to speed

EV charging units generate a potential income stream, making them prime assets for new financing models, writes Toby Horne
09 April 2024

Why TPI?

Solange Le Jeune explains why FTSE Russell uses Transition Pathway Initiative data to build forward-looking indices
08 April 2024

Article 6: the missing piece of the puzzle

The lack of consensus on Article 6.2 and 6.4 is a significant missed opportunity for the implementation of international carbon markets, writes Andrea Bonzanni
05 April 2024

A 'major tool to help company engagements' on nature

Engagement initiative NA100 is poised to launch the benchmark against which target companies will be assessed, Norah Berk tells Genevieve Redgrave

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    15 April 2024

  • Nordea to close social bond fund after just over a year

    15 April 2024

  • SBTi clarifies carbon credit stance amid staff unrest

    15 April 2024

  • Kenyan central bank consults on green taxonomy

    15 April 2024

  • EU should create 'sustainability-linked green bond' label, says IEEFA

    15 April 2024

  • Debt-for-nature swaps could ease debt burden by $100bn

    15 April 2024

  • EDF green bonds 'at risk' after French nuclear weapon move, says Barclays

    12 April 2024

  • RWE issues debut US dollar green bond amid growing issuance plans

    12 April 2024

  • People Moves, 12 April: Eurosif, Orchard Street, Apax Partners, Barclays and ... more

    12 April 2024

  • TNFD and GRI collaborate on interoperability

    12 April 2024

  • 'Naive' to think nature disclosures will help scale up investment, UK MPs hear

    12 April 2024

  • SBTi board faces resignations and staff ire after change to carbon credit stance

    12 April 2024

  • Inconsistent data stops impact investors pursuing biodiversity, Wellington says

    11 April 2024

  • Loans round-up: Salzgitter, Indorama Ventures, DCM Shriram and more

    11 April 2024

  • Standard Chartered guide to address adaptation and resilience finance shortfall

    11 April 2024

  • World Bank releases 'game-changing' streamlined impact metrics

    11 April 2024

  • European Parliament approves 'world first' carbon removal certificate

    11 April 2024

  • Ninety One: Divesting is not impacting high emitters

    11 April 2024

  • 'Regulators could follow TCFD example' by making TPT mandatory

    11 April 2024

  • SBTi warms to offsets, in massive move for voluntary carbon market

    10 April 2024

  • Bond round-up: Smurfit Kappa, Colombia, CEB ... and more

    10 April 2024

  • IFC backs BNPP Poland with $548m sustainable significant risk transfer

    10 April 2024

  • Church of England to back climate disclosure shareholder proposals for US banks

    09 April 2024

  • No Scope 3 'loophole' in our rule - but qualitative info may be required, says SEC

    09 April 2024

  • SSBJ issues draft sustainability disclosure standards

    09 April 2024

  • Transition Plan Taskforce unveils financial institution sectoral guides as regulation looms

    09 April 2024

Market Insights

Spotting the opportunities in sustainable investment

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CDL first in Singapore to publish TNFD-aligned disclosures in its 17th integrated sustainability report 2024

CDL is the first in Singapore to publish a TNFD-aligned report. It also conducted an ISSB Standards gap analysis, expanding its ISR 2024 disclosures to include Group data with the aim for full alignment by FY 2025.

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Quarterly sustainable bond issuance by label ($Value)

Provisional data for Q1 2024 shows a general uptick in issuance of all labels from the previous quarter except for sustainability linked bonds which have had their weakest quarter since Q1 2021 and have been on a downward trend since their peak in Q4 2021. Conversely transition bonds have had a record-breaking quarter due to Japan’s pioneering sovereign transition bonds.

Green bonds remain by far the largest label while sustainability and social bonds have kept at similar levels in Q1 2024, with sustainability bonds slightly outperforming social bonds for the first time since Q1 2023. Overall Q1 2024 has been one of the strongest quarters on record.

You can read more on Environmental Finance Data's forecast and prediction here.

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