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• Sustainability-linked bonds complement and bolster the sustainable finance market

  08 November 2019

  Sustainability-linked bonds have the potential to entice issuers, diversify economic options available to investors, and encourage outcome-focused sustainable finance, argue Aaron Franklin, Paul Davies, Ignacio Domínguez and Kristina Wyatt.

• Thoughts on green bonds' legal documents

  13 July 2018

  The sustainable finance market should avoid overreacting to extraordinary events and maintain its market-building approach, argues Aaron Franklin

• Banking on a changing climate? Part 2

  13 April 2018

  Climate change poses a significant threat to banks. How big is their exposure to climate risks, and what are they doing to mitigate them, asks Peter Cripps. The second part of this two-part feature explores physical risks and liability risks

• The legal risks of reporting climate risks

  27 June 2017

  The Task Force for Climate-related Financial Disclosures' recommendations were widely welcomed by the market. But are there legal risks attached to their implementation, asks Hamza Ali

• How to minimise the legal risks of green bonds

  29 May 2017

  There are a number of ways in which issuers of green bonds can minimise the legal risks attached to them, argues Aaron Franklin

• What is the future of high-yield green bonds?

  04 March 2015

  There has been only a handful of high-yield green bonds to date, but this segment of the market has potential to grow. Impact reporting and the relaxation of restrictions on issuers are two ways in which high-yield paper may differ from investment grade issues, argue Aaron Franklin and Francesco Lione.