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Investors to challenge sovereign SLB issuers using ASCOR, investor says
12 February 2024Investors plan to use a tool for assessing countries' climate progress to challenge issuers of sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) on the strength of their targets, an investor has said.
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$4trn outstanding sustainable bond milestone crossed
09 February 2024The sustainable bond market has crossed the $4 trillion outstanding issuance milestone, according to Environmental Finance Data - but a maturing market could slow progress towards the next trillion.
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World Bank: Expect 'more and bigger' outcomes-based bonds
09 February 2024Following the Bank's recent plastic waste reduction bond, Michael Bennett tells Ahren Lester that its ambitions are growing
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'Sleeping' sustainability-linked leveraged loans 'need to be stamped out'
09 February 2024The unwelcome resurgence of 'sleeping sustainability-linked' leveraged loans - which are signed before key sustainability provisions are finalised - needs to be "stamped out" in 2024, according to Fitch Solutions-owned Covenant Review.
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Loan round-up: Acciona, Bruntwood SciTech, Ascend Telecom and ... more
08 February 2024 -
Hong Kong raises $750m from second 'digital' green bond
08 February 2024Hong Kong has raised more than $750 million from a multi-currency green bond, issued in digital format using blockchain technology.
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Japan confirms ground-breaking 'transition bond' debut next week
08 February 2024Japan is going to raise around JPY800 billion ($5.4 billion) from its ground-breaking debut 'climate transition' bond (CTB) next week, becoming both the sovereign to use the 'transition' bond label.
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Environmental Finance Sustainable Debt Award nominations close tomorrow
08 February 2024 -
Bond round-up: IBRD, UK, CaixaBank and ... more
07 February 2024 -
$1trn, again: Record sustainable bond issuance forecast for 2024
07 February 2024Sustainable bond issuance is forecast to see $1 trillion dollar of issuance in 2024, for the first time since the record-breaking total in 2021, according to Environmental Finance Data (EF Data).