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EU GBS 'not overly costly' for leading utility green bond issuers, says IEEFA

Major European utility sector issuers of green bonds should not find it "overly costly" to switch to issuing EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS)-compliant bonds to use the landmark legislation to demonstrate their "better management of transition risk", according to a think tank.

Bond round-up: AfDB, Verbund, IDB Invest ... and more

Sustainability-linked bonds: One year after the principles - where to next?

Amid ongoing innovation and accelerating growth in 2021, where should the sustainability-linked bond market look next? Ahren Lester reports

Green bond comment, May 2021: Is it the time of consolidation rather than proliferation of bond labels?

There are early indications that the market is looking to consolidate existing sustainable bond labels rather than add further ones to the mix. Ahren Lester asks whether this is a worry for the future of the market

Sustainable bond issuance triples in record-breaking 2021 first quarter

Further 'sustainability-linked green' bonds expected in future, says Mizuho

Hopes are high that the first sustainability-linked green bond in Japan will spark a flurry of others, according to Mizuho Securities, amid expectations that sustainability-linked fixed income instruments will become the main sustainable bond product in the country in the future.

Green bond round-up, 25 April

More than $3.3 billion of green bonds have settled in the first three days of this week*, with announcements suggesting that a strong pipeline of issuance of green and social bonds can be expected in coming weeks.

Engie's notes to be removed from Barclays MSCI green bond index

Engie's notes have been removed from the Barclays MSCI green bond index, following a long-awaited review of its rules.

Austria's Verbund roadshows green bond

Austrian utility Verbund is roadshowing a €500 million ($624 million) green bond in Europe.

Solar, batteries and electric vehicles to render centralised energy a dinosaur, warns report

The combined impact of solar, batteries and electric vehicles has the potential to start disrupting the electricity markets by the end of the decade, analysts have forecast.