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  • Sustainalytics delivers most SPOs in first half of 2022

    25 July 2022

    Sustainalytics provided the most second-party opinions (SPOs) for sustainable finance frameworks in the first half of 2022, according to Environmental Finance figures.

  • EU GBS 'may be a step backward' for green bond impact reporting

    22 April 2022

    The EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS) has been criticised as "definitely not a step forward, and maybe a step backward" with regards to the social and environmental impact reports expected of issuers.

  • DBS Bank creates sustainable and transition finance framework

    30 June 2020

    Singaporean financial services provider DBS Bank has established a 'sustainable and transition finance framework and taxonomy' to "provide a science-based approach to avoid greenwashing".

  • Cicero's equity assessment service combats 'imperfect' ESG ratings

    27 May 2020

    Cicero Shades of Green said its recently-launched equity assessment service looks to address "imperfect" ESG ratings of climate risk, as well as departing from the use of proceeds model typically used in the green bond market.

  • K2A launches 'world's first' green equity framework

    13 May 2020

    Swedish housing company K2A has launched what it believes to be the first green-labelled equity framework.

  • Winners revealed in Environmental Finance's Bond Awards 2020

    30 March 2020

    Environmental Finance's Bond Awards were expanded again this year to reflect the growth and evolution of the green, social and sustainability (GSS) bond markets and to include the nascent GSS loan market.

  • Airport operator Swedavia issues SEK1bn green bond

    10 December 2019

    Swedish state-owned Swedavia has become the latest in a string of airport operators to issue a green bond.

  • Cicero pilots Shades of Green assessment of corporates

    27 November 2019

    Cicero plans to extend use of its Shades of Green methodology to assess the transition strategy of corporates.

  • Taxonomy moving in the right direction but still too complex, says Cicero

    06 September 2019

    The second draft of the EU’s taxonomy of climate-related economic activities is an improvement on the first draft – but still risks burdening the market with unnecessary complexity, according to Cicero Shades of Green.

  • Green bond market should get a boost from proposed EU standards, say insiders

    18 June 2019

    Revised proposals for an EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS) from the EU Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (TEG) have been generally welcomed by market insiders.