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  • Insight has classification system for SLBs

    22 July 2022

    Insight Investment classifies sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) as either dark green, light green or red, using its own criteria.

  • People moves 1 July: HSBC, Impax, Credit Suisse, Phoenix Group & more...

    01 July 2022

  • HSBC named largest GSSS bond underwriter for second year

    15 February 2021

    HSBC retained its position as the largest green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked (GSSS) bond market underwriter in 2020, in a year marked by the rapid acceleration in social and sustainability bonds and the arrival of further innovative bond classes.

  • People Moves 8 January: HSBC, EcoSecurities, Standard Chartered, Posaidon, GAM, CBRE Global Investors, ODDO BHF, Hannon Armstrong, Sustainalytics

    08 January 2021

  • Handbook for transition finance calls for science-based pathways

    09 December 2020

    The Green and Social Bond Principles has issued a handbook providing guidelines for issuers of climate transition finance, and calling for an issuer's climate strategy to reference science-based targets and transition pathways.

  • People Moves 31 July: HSBC; UNEP FI; Tribe

    31 July 2020

  • Transition finance guidelines to be published 'by end of year'

    23 June 2020

    A working group convened by the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) exploring the theme of 'climate transition finance' expects to publish guidelines by the end of the year, but stopped short of saying when a formal set of principles might be launched.

  • HSBC named largest green, social and sustainability bond manager

    10 February 2020

    HSBC became the largest green, social and sustainability (GSS) bond market underwriter in 2019, in a year marked by rapidly accelerating diversification of the market.

  • Top lead managers of 2018 predict buoyant green, social and sustainability bond market

    15 January 2019

    The biggest underwriters in the green, social and sustainability (GSS) bond market in 2018 have predicted a strong year of issuance.

  • People Moves: HSBC, MSCI

    18 August 2017

    Farnam Bidgoli, Sustainalytics' former head of sustainable bonds in Europe, has been hired by HSBC to bolster the bank's efforts in the sustainability bond arena.