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  • Australian financial institutions to pilot sustainable finance taxonomy

    17 June 2025

    The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) has published the Australian sustainable finance taxonomy covering "green and transition" activities - including those in minerals, mining and metals - which will now be tested by some of the country's largest financial institutions.

  • Nigeria makes green bond return after six-year hiatus

    17 June 2025

    Nigeria is planning to raise up to NGN50 billion ($32 million) from its third green bond, almost six years since the sovereign issuer was last active in the market.

  • Auckland Council launches rare muni sustainability-linked bond

    17 June 2025

    New Zealand city government Auckland Council has launched a debut sustainability-linked bond (SLB), which will see it become one of the first municipal issuers of the performance-based instrument.

  • Danger of CSDDD repeal is real, says key architect of NFRD

    17 June 2025

    The prospect of a full repeal of the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) is real, a key architect of the bloc's foundational sustainability reporting rules has warned.

  • Fathom builds climate scenarios into flood risk models

    17 June 2025

    Data provider Fathom has updated its flood risk modelling to include future climate scenarios, described as "a major milestone in the development of quantitative flood risk models".

  • TNFD to pilot test nature principles

    17 June 2025

    The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has begun pilot testing a set of nature data principles before making recommendations for upgrading market access to decision-useful nature data at COP30 in Belem, Brazil later this year.

  • Investors shifting focus from sustainability to returns, says Schroders

    17 June 2025

    Investor appetite for sustainability investments remains strong but many are starting to prioritise the return potential over ESG goals, according to an institutional investor survey by Schroders.

  • Croatian investment firm's second SLB sees strong investor demand

    16 June 2025

    Bosqar Invest has raised €143 million ($165 million) from its second sustainability-linked bond (SLB), as the Zagreb-based investment firm hails the largest such deal from a private, Croatian, non-financial corporate issuer.

  • European green bonds will take off, but slowly, says SEB's Kiviniemi

    16 June 2025

    The EU Green Bond Standard (EuGBS) should not be a "significant burden" for most issuers to apply, but it will likely take some time for it to become widespread, according to SEB.

  • Revised Stewardship Code could increase reporting burden rather than reduce it, NEST says

    16 June 2025

    The simplified UK Stewardship Code could increase the reporting burden on signatories - contrary to the intended outcome of the overhaul, according to one of the country's largest pension funds.