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'Hard-to-abate' green bonds tell transition investors we are 'here for real'

Green bonds are valuable for hard-to-abate issuers to demonstrate what they are doing right now to secure a low-carbon future when 'zero carbon' technologies are still being developed, according to Alcoa and ING.

'Dividing line' between transition and business strategies is fading fast

The convergence of climate transition and financial business strategies is becoming more prominent and is helping drive greater sophistication in transition planning by issuers, sustainable finance experts told an Environmental Finance event.

Demand for renewables will 'drive investors to green bonds & loans'

ING have said that the drive for renewable energy, caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, will drive higher issuance of green, use of proceeds (UoP) loans and bonds, instead of sustainable and sustainability-linked bonds and loans, over the next year.

The rise of hybrid sustainable debt frameworks

Frameworks that enable debt issuers to finance either specific projects or general purposes are increasingly common, Michael Hurley writes

Aligning finance with purpose

Companies need to pull every lever they can to help them meet their sustainability objectives: tapping sustainable finance can help align their financing strategy and their investors with their ESG goals. Mark Nicholls reports

'Transition' firms preferring sustainability-linked over transition bonds

Sustainability-linked bonds are proving more popular for carbon-intensive issuers than transition bonds, and experts are worried the 'transition' label is adding unnecessary confusion in the market. Ahren Lester and Christopher Marchant report

ESG in Fixed Income Global Series - Americas focus day roundup

Environmental Finance's Americas focus day - the first of six events in the ESG in Fixed Income Global Series of conferences - ended after a day of panels, presentations and speed networking sessions.