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The 'green label effect' for green bonds is real

Corporate Knights

This finding raises critical questions about how sustainable finance is marketed and whether green labels alone are enough to drive real environmental change. Green bonds and retail investors Green bonds are a financial tool designed to fund environmentally friendly projects.

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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today

million pounds of plastic from flights; KKR, ECP to invest $50 billion in datacenter capacity and power generation; law firms ramp up ESG training for lawyers; capital raises for sustainable heating, industrial decarbonization, energy sector emissions solutions, and more. Copper Mine Operations to Renewable Diesel Southwest Airlines Eliminates 1.5

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ESMA warns investors against vagueness and omissions in anti-greenwashing guidelines

Environmental Finance

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Storebrand Fund a Gauge for Green Bond Growth

Chris Hall

Asset managers Head of Fixed Income hopes market expansion will eliminate need for the purely green bond-focused vehicle within the next decade. Niche to mainstream evolution Storebrand stated that the fund was the first commercial green bond fund, building on the first ever green bond issued by the World Bank in 2008.

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Businesses Across Diverse Industries Remain Focused on Sustainability

3BL Media

According to an article below from CME Group, to date more than 18.2 Developers and investors are tapping into green financing tools to raise capital to help meet this demand and boost returns. According to an article in Urban Land Magazine, an estimated $1.5 corn product has been exported carrying a Record of Sustainability.

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OECD Warns of Climate-alignment “Blind Spot”

Chris Hall

The OECD report analysed how the climate alignment of finance globally is assessed, the current degree of alignment, and how financial sector and real economy policies and actions influence alignment with Article 2.1c trillion of bonds issued by the fossil fuel sector. trillion, compared with US$1.7

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SOEs Undermine Credibility of China’s Green Bonds

Chris Hall

The IEEFA’s Christina Ng says China’s state-owned enterprises continue to allocate up to half of their green bond proceeds to non-green projects. . China’s ambition to green its financial market has been making significant progress. SOEs accounted for about half the onshore green issuances from 2019 to 2022.