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  • Green Bond Comment, August 2021: A new dawn for the beleaguered transition bond label?

    04 August 2021

    Once seen as the next exciting frontier in sustainable fixed income, the take-up of transition bonds has so far underwhelmed the market. But could the beleaguered label stage a fight back, asks Ahren Lester

  • Transition bonds webinar: Gas is in but oil is 'tough case to make'

    30 September 2020

    Natural gas but not oil is included in a transition taxonomy created by second party opinion provider Sustainalytics.

  • Snam issues maiden €500m 'transition' bond after 'climate action' criticism

    12 June 2020

    Italian energy infrastructure firm Snam has raised €500 million ($567 million) through its inaugural 'transition bond' to finance or refinance energy transition projects, just over a year after its 'climate action bond' attracted controversy.

  • Natural gas company publishes transition bond framework

    24 February 2020

    UK natural gas distribution network operator Cadent has published a framework for the issuance of potentially controversial transition bonds.