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A weekly overview of ESG developments for fixed income: Lagos state government mulls blue bonds; EU Council agrees negotiating position on green bond standard.

The average corporate green bond prices 3.2bps below the yield curve, and green bonds show lower spread volatility.

A weekly overview of ESG developments for fixed income: Carrefour issues €1.5bn SLB, gilt investors ask for green gilt reopening

Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative sets out workload for the year, including biodiversity focus.

This proxy season sees record breaking tallies early on, including largest ever support for E&S proposal at US fast food chain.

A weekly overview of ESG developments for fixed income: Trafigura signs $5.295bn sustainability-linked revolver, Germany to raise up to €15bn in 2022

Just 1% of companies account for 70% of emissions within the bank’s loan portfolio

The latest developments in sustainable finance: ISS ESG opens up corporate ratings and fund scores; ASIC goes looking for greenwashers; loan market bodies issue guidance

European banking watchdog recommends ‘intermediate’ and ‘pragmatic’ change to bloc’s incoming Green Bond Standard to cover securitisation

RI takes a closer look at the EU financial markets watchdog’s recent output on ESG, which also highlights ‘striking’ difference between credit rating firms when it comes to ESG disclosures