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Eco-Business’s ‘Decoding Sustainable Finance’ series wins SOPA award for excellence in explanatory reporting
Curated by finance correspondent Gabrielle See, the explainer series was commended by judges for 'bringing clarity to Asia's sustainable investing space'. A documentary short on Asia's mounting waste crisis earned an honourable mention nod.
Policy & Finance
New ICMA guidance aims to bring integrity to opaque sustainability-linked loan market
Aimed at banks with sizeable sustainability-linked loan books, International Capital Market Association’s latest guidelines for so-called sustainability-linked loan financing bonds seek to incentivise accountability for eligible loans.
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Investing in renewable energy projects via infrastructure debt is “on the vanilla end of the spectrum as an investible asset class”, but financing the managed phase-out of coal for the region – which is more challenging – is equally important in order to meet global net zero targets.
Policy & Finance
From rhino bonds to debt-for-nature swaps: Can these financing instruments protect Asia’s biodiversity?
The novel mechanisms promise to mobilise more private financing for conservation, but risk distracting developing countries from addressing underlying debt issues and could ultimately be exploitative, say experts.
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