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'Greenwashing' is the 'Loch Ness monster' of the green bond market

A veteran green bond market participant said 'greenwashing' was not really present in the green bond market despite substantial hand-wringing around the topic.

PAI looks to embed carbon pricing throughout its portfolio

PAI Partners is to encourage its portfolio companies this year to use internal carbon pricing, in a bid to better manage transition risks within its funds.

PAI broadens its sustainability lens to include water

Private equity firm PAI Partners has added water to its sustainability assessments, in recognition of its importance to its portfolio, Environmental Finance has learned.

People Moves 21 October: including American Securities, BNY Mellon, PAI Partners & more

People Moves 2 September, including IFC, ISSB, HSBC & more...

'The Principles' launch SLB and transition finance guidance

The organisation that administers the Green Bond Principles has released updated guidance on sustainability-linked bond key performance indicators and transition finance.

A definition of unsustainable finance is needed for debt capital market growth

A common definition of what is unsustainable is needed to boost the growth of sustainable debt capital markets...

ESG in Fixed Income Global Series - Sustainability-Linked Products and Social Bonds roundup

Environmental Finance's Sustainability-Linked Products and Social Bonds day - the third of six events in the ESG in Fixed Income Global Series of conferences - ended after two days of panels, presentations and speed networking sessions.

Social bonds: Impact reporting 'more important than the label'

Impact reporting was described as a "necessity" for social bond issuance by speakers in the Social Bond instalment...

Sustainability Linked Bond Principles get first birthday present - further metric guidance

One year after they were first published, the developers of the Sustainability-Linked Bond Principles (SLBP) have provided some illustrative metrics...