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GAM launches sustainable bond strategy focused on banks
08 September 2021Swiss asset manager GAM Investments has launched a labelled sustainable bond strategy focused on investing...
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Spain's €5bn sovereign green bond debut is 12-times oversubscribed
08 September 2021Spain became the latest sovereign to issue a green bond, raising €5 billion ($5.9 billion)
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Bond round-up: Spain, EU, Germany, Mondelez, Paris, SAUR, Isle of Man ... and more
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Issuing sustainability-linked bonds 'won't allow Philip Morris to bypass exclusions'
08 September 2021Issuing sustainability-linked bonds will not provide tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI) an alternative route into bond portfolios...
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Investors increasingly willing to pay-up for ESG leaders
07 September 2021Institutional investors are increasingly willing to pay a significant premium for companies that are considered environmental, social and governance (ESG) leaders
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Debut EU green bond expected in October
07 September 2021The EU will issue its debut green bond in October as it prepares to kick-start its massive five-year €250 billion ($297 billion) green bond programme
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Stand-alone ESG supervision supports better company sustainability performance
06 September 2021Companies with dedicated environmental, social and governance (ESG) committees tend to outperform on sustainability those with combined board oversight...
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EU Green Bond Standard will struggle to become global 'gold standard', says Fitch
03 September 2021The EU Green Bond Standard (GBS) could struggle to become the global 'gold standard' without clearer alignment of international 'green' taxonomies
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'Climate alignment' data needs could propel climate M&A 'frenzy'
03 September 2021Rising interest in aligning the economy to global climate goals could feed the next phase of a climate acquisition "frenzy"
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London calling IFRS: Forget Canada, base ISSB in UK!
02 September 2021A group of UK finance organisations has urged the IFRS Foundation to locate its new International Sustainability Standards Board
- SEC disbands ESG enforcement division
- Decarbonisation investment faces three key challenges, says Ninety One's Cooper
- G20 agrees to bioeconomy principles
- 'Unlikely' potential Transition Loan Principles will launch in 2024
- Electricity versus gas - the devil is in the detail
- Bloomberg launches transition plan credibility assessments
- Wellington: Time to stop 'annoying' rise of three-year lookback sustainable bonds
- Transition plan rules 'should require disclosure of' expected climate impact
- UK Impact market grows to £77bn, with SDR impact label a potential positive
- Sustainable Debt Round-up: IADB, Raizen Energia, Switch ... and more
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Sustainable Debt Americas 2024 conference round-up
20 September 2024Another hugely successful Environmental Finance event in New York highlights the progress that continuous innovation and improvement is providing sustainable debt markets - with plenty more to come. Ahren Lester reports
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Investors must move beyond 'lip service' on biodiversity, says Nuveen
20 September 2024Investors must move beyond "lip service" and actually be willing to look at nature and biodiversity investment opportunities, Nuveen has told an Environmental Finance conference.
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Dow Chemical could issue second green bond in the future
20 September 2024Dow Chemical has not ruled out issuing a second green bond in the future, although any decision will not be made until after the US election in November.
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Brazilian development bank to fund next wave of renewable technology
19 September 2024The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) wants to fund the next wave of renewable technology in the country, but there is a need for more blended finance, according to Luciana Costa, infrastructure, energy transition and climate change managing director at BNDES.
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Sovereign SLBs challenging due to the nature of the issuer
19 September 2024Sovereigns across the world have embraced the sustainability-linked bond (SLB) instruments, with issuance increasingly being considered, but the nature of sovereigns creates some challenges for investors, the audience at Sustainable Debt Americas 2024 heard.