Bloomberg's recent launch of green bond use of proceeds data represents another important step toward transparency in sustainable finance, signaling broader market maturation.

As the green bond market matures, asset managers need more precise methodologies to assess their financed emissions at the security level, with PCAF's new Use of Proceeds methodology leading industry standardisation efforts.

Hard-to-abate sectors present both the greatest climate challenge and investment complexity, with transformative technologies and financing strategies poised to unlock transition pathways.

The green bond market has evolved from a singular issuance in 2007 to a sophisticated ecosystem representing hundreds of billions in annual issuance, reshaping how capital markets address sustainability challenges.

Emerging markets represent both the greatest opportunity and the most significant challenge for ESG-focused investors, with AI-driven solutions now addressing critical data gaps.

Water and marine-related investments—collectively known as "blue finance" are gaining significant traction within the sustainable bond universe.

Recent developments in the sovereign green bond market have created new opportunities for institutional investors seeking exposure to national-level climate transition strategies.

ClimateAligned's comprehensive analysis reveals fascinating regional disparities in how green bond proceeds support nature-based solutions.

Despite 95% of countries missing their Paris Agreement Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) submission deadlines, a select group of twelve nations demonstrated exceptional commitment by delivering their updated targets on time. Among these, the United Kingdom has established itself as a global leader in climate ambition.

Our analysis reveals important distinctions that impact portfolio assessment, reporting capabilities, and ultimate social outcomes.

Portfolio managers still face the challenge of aggregating disparate metrics across numerous issuers — a task that has traditionally required manual data collection from hundreds of PDF reports.

Transition bonds provide a pathway for carbon-intensive industries to finance their shift toward more sustainable operations, addressing the critical need for dedicated financial instruments to support the transition to a low-carbon economy.

Sustainability-linked bonds create a direct connection between an issuer's sustainability performance and its cost of capital, offering a forward-looking alternative to use-of-proceeds bonds while incentivising organisational transformation.

Social bonds channel capital to projects that address specific social issues or deliver positive social outcomes for targeted populations, providing investors with a mechanism to support societal wellbeing while earning financial returns.

Sustainability bonds deliver dual impact by financing projects with both environmental and social benefits, offering issuers flexibility to address interconnected sustainability challenges through a single debt instrument.

The sustainable finance market has reached a significant milestone that deserves attention from serious market participants - renewable energy now captures nearly one-third (32%) of all allocated green bond proceeds globally.

Latest data reveals a striking geographical imbalance in how these funds are allocated to building projects — one that raises important questions about impact optimisation in the green bond market.

Not all green bonds deliver equal environmental impact. New comprehensive data reveals a striking efficiency gap between emerging and developed market green bonds that has significant implications for impact-focused investors.

ClimateAligned has released 'Bridging the Implementation Gap: Analysing SDG Disclosure Readiness in US$12 Trillion of Emerging Market Companies' today at COP29 in Baku.

This case study examines how ClimateAligned's technology transforms complex, document-based reporting into streamlined, standardised metrics that enable genuine comparison and aggregation across holdings.

As global leaders convene at COP16 in Cali to address the biodiversity crisis, the sustainable finance market is responding with unprecedented capital mobilisation.

New market analysis reveals a significant trend in the utilities sector - third-party verification has emerged as the dominant standard for impact reporting.

AI fintech startup ClimateAligned becomes a signatory of the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment to amplify the impact of its work in building AI-powered tools for sustainable investment and finance experts.

New comprehensive analysis of recent market activity reveals significant insights into reporting practices across global regions, with implications for investors, issuers, and regulators alike.

New comprehensive analysis reveals a significant surge in waste management financing, signaling an important diversification in sustainable fixed income markets.

Despite the critical role forests play in climate regulation and biodiversity preservation, forest-related projects receive a remarkably small portion of green bond financing, with highly concentrated sectoral participation.

Our analysis reveals important distinctions that impact portfolio assessment, reporting capabilities, and ultimate social outcomes.

The sovereign green bond market has reached a significant milestone with Qatar and Australia becoming the latest entrants, bringing the total number of sovereign and regional government issuers to 55.

Recent analysis of 2024 green bond issuances reveals significant patterns in how different sectors are contributing to biodiversity finance, with public sector entities and financial institutions taking leading roles in channeling capital toward nature preservation.

As the sustainable bond market surpasses the significant milestone of $5 trillion in cumulative issuance, a comprehensive analysis of 2024 green bond allocations reveals a striking imbalance in how capital is distributed across project categories.

A collaborative benchmark study between ClimateAligned and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) reveals that African banks are matching or exceeding their European counterparts in several critical dimensions of climate strategy implementation.

The Advisory Board of AI fintech startup ClimateAligned expands with David Carlin, internationally recognised climate disclosure expert and the head of UNEP FI’s TCFD programme joining as a Strategic Advisor.

Green bonds have transformed how capital markets address environmental challenges, providing investors with transparent instruments to support climate solutions while maintaining traditional fixed-income characteristics.

ClimateAligned, a fintech building groundbreaking AI applied specifically to climate investment, launches today at The Drop 2023 in Sweden.