Lending

Commonwealth Bank of Australia leans on CA100+ framework to cut ties with clients lacking credible transition plan.

Banks that adopted SBTi-approved targets were found to have priced in climate considerations to a greater extent than their peers.

ISO eyes 'globally applicable core principles' and wants to avoid overly narrow focus on financed emissions metrics.

Aside from changing lending practices, research found little evidence of other climate-aligned outcomes.

Lenders draw on CA100+ and TPT to develop increasingly sophisticated transition assessments, which they say could lead to clients or transactions being dropped.

News comes as the FCA issues stern warning over quality issues and possible conflicts of interest in sustainability-linked loan market.

Climate Transition Finance Handbook gets first update since release, with Just Transition integrated across labelled bond principles.

Largest opposition party queries business minister after story accuses Danske of failing to hold energy companies to account.

A weekly overview of ESG developments for fixed income: Climate Bonds Initiative calls for more sovereign ESG issuance in emerging markets; First Baltic SLB.

High focus on costs in municipal market makes sustainability-linked debt a difficult proposition, says city's finance department.