Ahren Lester

G20 sustainable finance group readies roundtable amid 'rapid progress'

The revitalised G20 sustainable finance study group has been upgraded to a "fully-fledged working group" following accelerating progress, with the group preparing to organise a roundtable in May to set the agenda for 2021 ahead of the COP26 climate summit in November.

Von der Leyen confirms EU ETS extension to buildings, transport

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has confirmed plans to extend the scope of the EU carbon trading market to cover the road transport and buildings sectors, whilst another EU official suggested it may run alongside the existing scheme.

Five EU Taxonomy expert group participants suspend roles amid 'greenwash' furore

Five non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have suspended their role in the expert group supporting the development of the EU Taxonomy amid rising concern over the final form of the landmark legislation.

Green and sustainability-linked loan round-up: Iberdrola, General Mills, Singtel, Hannon Armstrong ... and more

Bond round-up: Canada, IBRD, BNG, Chile, Malaysia, Pacific Life, FedEx ... and more

Gecina plans retrospective conversion of vanilla bonds to green

Sustainable bond issuance triples in record-breaking 2021 first quarter

News round-up: BlackRock, Eurazeo, CBL, COP26 and Standard Chartered

EM green bond issuance forecast to cross $100bn in 2023

Emerging market (EM) green bond issuance is expected to jump to more than $100 billion by 2023 from $40 billion in 2020, according to a report from Amundi and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), amid "highly supportive" market fundamentals.

Financing costs fall for renewable power projects, soar for coal