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Wave of change: The state of play on blue bonds

They are currently a niche within the sustainable bond market, but could blue bonds play a key role in turning the tide on water-themed investments, asks Genevieve Redgrave

Scope 3 'make or break' for the SLB market, says BNP Paribas

Scope 3 emissions could "make or break" the sustainability-linked bond (SLBs) market, a sustainable finance head at BNP Paribas has told Environmental Finance.

Asian taxonomies 'better' at dealing with the transition, says ICMA

Taxonomies being developed across Asia are "better" at dealing with the transition to a net zero economy than are those in other jurisdictions such as the EU, an executive at the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) argued.

ICMA Principles 'to focus more on impact reporting'

The chair of the executive committee that oversees the sustainable bond 'Principles' said one of its priorities for the next year should be helping green bond issuers focus more on reporting impact metrics, as opposed to outcomes.

ICMA says UK Taskforce definition of transition is 'too general'

The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has urged the UK Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) to be more specific on what indicators are needed within transition plans.

Rise of sustainable repos shows 'entry point' into emerging markets, says BNP

Sustainable repurchase agreements could provide an accessible entry point for investments in emerging markets, BNP Paribas has said.

People Moves 22 October: ICMA, CDP, Nordea and more

Bryan Pascoe new chief executive of ICMA

A definition of unsustainable finance is needed for debt capital market growth

A common definition of what is unsustainable is needed to boost the growth of sustainable debt capital markets...

Green bond comment, June 2021: Are oil and gas firms still locked out of the sustainable bond market?

The labelled bond market needs to start helping dirty issuers finance the transition, argues Peter Cripps