Ahren Lester

Australia has announced that National Australia Bank and UBS have been hired as structuring advisers for its forthcoming sovereign green bond programme: https://t.co/Z7s88bLxq9

China has published a list of 193 Chinese green bonds which it judged as aligned with the EU-China Common Ground Taxonomy (CGT), in an "innovative" move to attract international investment in the domestic sustainable bond market: https://t.co/U2eNv1Z7VC

£7.8 billion ($10 billion) UK specialist asset management firm Gresham House is set to be acquired for £470 million by US private equity firm Searchlight Capital: https://t.co/hxuPXxTd9N

With regulatory and policy shifts in motion, US sustainable bonds are expected to rebound after underwhelming issuance in recent years, market experts predict. Read more: https://t.co/cFBASV5L05

The growth of sustainable bonds has not been matched by the growth of sustainable investment in the real economy, and this should be the focus of the market – even if this results in slower growth, according to a sustainable investment specialist: https://t.co/Abw33KZAav

French asset manager Mirova said the impact reporting provisions in the EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS) were disappointing, especially considering the underwhelming status of impact reporting from sustainable bond issuers: https://t.co/itxvIC62vU

An increasing number of Chinese onshore green bonds are allocating all of their proceeds to green activities, with consolidation of the regulatory environment in the country expected to drive further progress: https://t.co/KfW5DferEZ

A banker involved in the ground-breaking Heathrow Airport sustainability-linked bond (SLB) predicted that other high-emitting sectors will follow its lead on Scope 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions targets: https://t.co/CinRgZA66b

Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) said the European Commission should change plans to make some key climate and social corporate disclosure standards voluntary rather than mandatory: https://t.co/Oa7Bplp1MK

Mexico is planning to raise up to $1 billion from its first fixed-rate Mexican peso-denominated sustainability bond, according to a senior government minister: https://t.co/uO4C3S0Bpo

The UK FCA has warned that the sustainability-linked loan (SLL) market is "not achieving its potential," and faces growing accusations of 'greenwashing' amid concerns of weak incentives, conflicts of interest, and misalignment with public climate goals: https://t.co/MbAwAq7SXb

Columbia Threadneedle Investments has launched a dedicated global social bond fund, nine years after it launched its ground-breaking UK social bond fund: https://t.co/I0LpNn4ogx

A senior official at the European Central Bank (ECB) said it is willing to issue periodic penalties or impose bank-specific capital add-ons for banks that do not demonstrate "full compliance with all our expectations" on climate and environmental risk: https://t.co/zxXMJ8mysM

An initiative led by the Securities & Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC), UN and GGGI has announced the three private Cambodian companies which will receive support to issue sustainable bonds, with three further firms to be targeted later in the year: https://t.co/LsQZcOMXnL

The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) secured approval from the European Parliament that will require companies to implement transition plans and disclose the impact of their value chains on human rights and the environment: https://t.co/FnTlu3rS2v

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has recommended that the EU consider sharpening up recognition of 'transition' finance and better align legislative use of what constitutes 'significant harm' in order to prevent 'greenwashing': https://t.co/y4TxtMXVsp

BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNP Paribas AM) has welcomed voluntary good practice guidance from an industry initiative aimed at reducing the biodiversity impact of the pharmaceutical sector: https://t.co/4nfGEjx920