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  • Mining set to benefit from 'significant' ICMA 'green enabling' update

    20 August 2024

    The International Capital Markets Association (ICMA) guidance on eligible 'green enabling' projects for sustainable bonds is a "significant expansion" of use-of-proceeds, according to Sustainable Fitch- with mining projects set to particularly benefit.

  • People Moves, 23 February: Sustainable Fitch, AIB, Climate X, IFRS Foundation ... and more

    23 February 2024
  • 10% of sustainability-linked bonds 'not aligned' with ICMA principles, says Fitch

    29 November 2023

    One in ten of the sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) rated by Sustainable Fitch are "not aligned" with the widely accepted principles administered by the International Capital Market Association (ICMA), almost four-times the level for green, social and sustainability bonds.

  • 'Samurai' sustainable bond growth trend expected to continue

    07 July 2023

    The rapid growth in Japanese yen-denominated 'Samurai' sustainable bonds from foreign issuers is expected to continue, but Sustainable Fitch worries about the rise in private placements in the market.

  • Chinese firms 'must improve ESG' in APAC listing pivot from US

    26 August 2022

    Chinese companies delisting from the US may need to improve their environmental, social and governance (ESG) approach if they wish to shift their secondary listing to Hong Kong or Singapore...

  • ESG litigation risk rising - part two

    06 July 2022

    The second part of this feature on ESG litigation focuses on the risks facing companies. Thomas Cox reports

  • ESG litigation risk rising

    04 July 2022

    A flood of ESG litigation involving companies and investors is predicted, writes Thomas Cox

  • EU Green Bond Standard will struggle to become global 'gold standard', says Fitch

    03 September 2021

    The EU Green Bond Standard (GBS) could struggle to become the global 'gold standard' without clearer alignment of international 'green' taxonomies