Ahren Lester

Singapore considers ground-breaking foreign currency green bond

Singapore will consider issuing its first ever foreign currency sovereign bond in green bond format amid interest from investors, but only after building out its Singaporean dollar green bond curve.

COP27: ISSB hails 'milestone' CDP, NZDPU tie-ups

The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) hailed "key milestone" agreements with the CDP and Net Zero Data Public Utility (NZDPU) it said will boost implementation of its standards.

AI data providers 'not there yet' for sustainable bond data solutions

The technology behind artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing (NLP) is not currently capable of providing investors with the tools they need to "meaningfully and quickly" extract data...

SGX developing sustainable bond listing initiative

The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has exclusively announced at an Environmental Finance event that it plans to launch a sustainable bond initiative to provide "added assurance" for investors around reporting and greater visibility for issuers.

Munis must 'upstream' ESG data to join sustainable bond growth

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World Bank warns of SLB greenwashing risk from 'structural loopholes'

The World Bank encouraged the market to consider expanding the role of external reviewers for sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) to cover their structure, after research identified "structural loopholes" which pose a greenwashing risk for the market.

UK regulator warns financials they face climate risk supervisory escalation

Banks and insurers have been warned by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) they face an escalation in supervisory pressure if they fail to address climate-related financial risk appropriately.

Austria offers green short-dated debt 'missing link'

After its ground-breaking green T-Bill issuance, Austria has further plans to tackle the short-term debt challenge in green markets. Ahren Lester reports

Honesty on transition challenges, failures is 'antithesis' of greenwashing

Being honest around what has led to failures to achieve transition targets is the "antithesis of greenwashing" but remains relatively uncommon among corporates at present, according to Impax Asset Management (AM).