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EU work on SLB regulation may come too late, says IEEFA
27 March 2024European Commission work on regulating sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) may come too late to help reach 2030 climate goals, according to a think tank.
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L&Q faces SLB coupon 'step-up' on target miss
25 March 2024UK social housing charity London & Quadrant (L&Q) said it was "likely to miss" a greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions target linked to its ground-breaking sustainability-linked bond (SLB), triggering an additional £3 million ($3.8 million) of coupon payments.
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SLB step-ups a long way from being financially punitive, says Barclays
25 March 2024The penalties for missing the targets set by sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) would have to be at least 10 times what the market currently offers to be big enough to incentivise companies to change their behaviour, Barclays has argued.
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Sustainability-linked bond issuance limps into 2024
25 March 2024Sustainability-linked bond (SLB) issuance has had its weakest start to a year since the publication of principles boosted the market in 2020, according to Environmental Finance research.
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Australia debut green bond expected from mid-May
22 March 2024Australia will issue its debut 10-year sovereign green bond between mid-May and the end of June, it emerged, as the sovereign announced it will launch investor roadshows from April.
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S&P: Climate-related credit rating actions 'to grow'
21 March 2024Climate-related credit rating actions at corporate and infrastructure issuers doubled in number last year and are expected to continue to increase, S&P Global Ratings predicts.
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EU raises €7bn from first new green bond since 2022
20 March 2024The EU has raised €7 billion ($7.6 billion) from a green bond in a deal that was more than 12-times oversubscribed.
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Iceland: 'It is likely we will be a regular sustainable bond issuer'
20 March 2024Strong response to long-awaited inaugural green bond opens door to more issuance from the Nordic sovereign. Ahren Lester reports
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Constellation raises $900m in first US 'nuclear' green bond
20 March 2024US energy firm Constellation has raised $900 million from the first green bond from an US issuer which can be used to finance nuclear power projects.
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Corporate green bond issuance passes $1trn milestone
19 March 2024Cumulative corporate green bond issuance has now crossed $1 trillion, just over a decade after a company tapped the market for the first time.
- SEC disbands ESG enforcement division
- Decarbonisation investment faces three key challenges, says Ninety One's Cooper
- 'Unlikely' potential Transition Loan Principles will launch in 2024
- Electricity versus gas - the devil is in the detail
- G20 agrees to bioeconomy principles
- UK Impact market grows to £77bn, with SDR impact label a potential positive
- EU's von der Leyen calls for a price on nature
- SFDR and SDR both miss key sustainability distinctions, CFA says
- Franco-German transition plans work can inform credibility assessments, France's IFD says
- Net outflows accelerate for Article 9 funds
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The 2024 AGM season showed us the power of a vote
18 September 2024Dual-class share structures skew voting outcomes and insulate company management from the views of independent shareholders and the discipline of the market, writes Caroline Escott
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Sustainable passive overtakes active for first time, FTSE Russell asset owner survey finds
18 September 2024Passive investments are becoming the most popular way for asset owners to implement sustainability strategies, a survey by FTSE Russell has found.
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'We're seeing more brown discounting than green premiums' in Asia, says Actis
18 September 2024'Green premiums' that boost the valuations of energy transition-focused investments are not as visible in the emerging markets, one sustainable infrastructure investor has claimed.
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Sustainable Debt Round-up: IADB, Raizen Energia, Switch ... and more
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Three-quarters of Article 8 funds potentially violate ESMA fund names rules, Bloomberg finds
18 September 2024Almost 75% of funds identified as promoting sustainable objectives under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) are invested in companies potentially exposed to fossil fuels and face having to change their names of violate incoming fund name rules.