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EU Commission Estimates Green Bond Investments to Reduce Emissions by 55 Million Tons per Year

ESG Today

The program targets having 30% of its budget financed through green bonds, and requires at least 37% of spending in Member States’ Recovery and Resilience Plans (RRPs) must be used for sustainable investments and reforms in areas addressing climate change, such as green infrastructure and renewable energy.

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Policy Gaps Curbing Private Climate Finance Flows

Chris Hall

Reports released on COP29 ’s Finance Day by the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA) and Taskforce on Net Zero Policy have highlighted the significant obstacles that continued policy gaps pose for investors and companies. C temperature pathway.

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Dozens of financial institutions urge EU against weakening sustainability rules

Environmental Finance

Dozens of financial institutions urge EU against weakening sustainability rules 01 July 2025 Debt-for-nature swaps get guidance to support scalability, project expansion 01 July 2025 The first practice standards for the rapidly growing debt-for-nature swaps has been published, which looks to introduce greater consistency in the bespoke instruments.

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Placing African institutions at the forefront of the global sustainability agenda

Environmental Finance

Nana Skari Maidugu has been named Personality of the year in Environmental Finance s Sustainable Investment Awards, for her role in embedding sustainability at the heart of one of Africas most influential sovereign wealth funds.

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Seven sustainable finance predictions for 2025

Corporate Knights

And expect the Trump administration to reverse a Biden Department of Labor rule expressly permitting pension trustees to consider ESG issues in investment decisions. But on climate disclosure and fiduciary rights, this will create regulatory confusion more than a firm barrier to sustainable investing.

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Trust in Transition

Chris Hall

Pierre Garrault, Senior Policy Adviser at the European Sustainable Investment Forum (Eurosif), points to fund names rules published by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) – which will come into effect from 21 November. These include thresholds for funds with transition-related terms in their name.

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EU Green Bond Deal: Sustainable Gold Standard or Unrealistic?

Impakter

Impakter EU Green Bond Deal: Sustainable Gold Standard or Unrealistic? In what’s being labelled a “landmark’’ moment for sustainable finance, EU negotiators last week finally announced the agreement of a provisional deal establishing a gold standard for European green bonds (EuGB). Stephen Hare