Market insight

• Navigating the Complexities of ESG Bonds

  When the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) first published the Green Bond Principles in 2014, the market for self-labeled ESG bonds was small and homogeneous. Now, it's a different story.

  

• Casting an eye over sustainability linked loans

  Enthusiasm for SLLs has exploded over the last two years. With stakeholder scrutiny growing, external verification is increasingly important, say Jill Dumain, Simon Colton and Mariel Barrera Fermin of SGS

  

• Planting the seeds for a blooming SLB market

  As momentum builds for sustainability-linked bonds in Canada, what must issuers and investors do to benefit from this soon-to-bud market of ESG-friendly finance vehicles?

  

• There is a market for biodiversity - and it is expanding

  To increase biodiversity a functioning market is a prerequisite. Forest certification can form a voluntary market with more ambitious standards.

  

• Nature Risks Through a Credit Lens

  What role can ratings agencies have to play in stemming biodiversity loss? And what are they doing?

  

• Climate-smart forestry practices: the key to restoring biodiversity?

  Environmental Finance talks to EFM CEO Bettina von Hagen about financing the preservation of our natural world.

  

• Standards catalyse finance for biodiversity conservation

  As more and more organisations enter the biodiversity market, Verra strives to ensure that the high standards of projects are maintained, as Naomi Swickard, Chief Program Officer, outlines.

  

• Gaining an EDGE in financing green buildings

  The IFC's EDGE programme is at the forefront of developing green building certification and adapting to local construction needs from Colombia to Singapore and beyond.

  

• Financing the journey to net zero

  Sustainable finance can help carbon-intensive sectors transition to net zero - as long as corporate plans are credible, transparent and clearly signposted. Mark Nicholls reports

  

• Transparency Pays in the Age of Sustainable Investing

  While there is no question that the rapid uptake of sustainable investing is impressive, the long-term health of this endeavor relies on one thing: Satisfying both issuers and investors.