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Emirates NBD launches SLLB framework ahead of potential issuance
30 September 2024Emirates NBD has published its first Sustainability-Linked Loan Financing Bond Framework for the financing of sustainability-linked loan bonds (SLLBs), ahead of a potential issuance.
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Australian super funds increasingly looking at green bonds
24 September 2024As Australian superannuation funds "mature" on sustainability, they are increasingly looking at labelled bonds and expecting higher credentials from issuers, the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) has said.
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Voluntary Carbon Market Rankings 2024 announced
23 September 2024Environmental Finance received more than 7,000 votes across 23 separate categories for this year's Voluntary Carbon Market Rankings rankings, as readers nominated leading companies and initiatives in the sector that exhibit best practice or innovation.
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BNDES warns not all Brazil's reforestation projects will be economically viable
23 September 2024Financing Brazil's reforestation will be critical to delivering the country's Paris Agreement commitments, but projects might not always be "economically viable" for the private sector, BNDES has said.
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'Are green bonds the appropriate place for early-stage technology investment?'
23 September 2024AXA Investment Managers has argued that research and development (R&D) investment into emerging green and transition technologies should not be a too large element of green bond allocation, as the bond markets are maybe not the most appropriate place for these riskier investments.
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Step-down SLBs a 'hard sell' for investors - but 'step-backs' have potential
23 September 2024Sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) with a 'step-down' coupon on achieving certain targets are a "hard sell" for investors, an Environmental Finance event heard - but 'step-back' coupon deals could prove more popular.
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BlackRock: AI is 'big help' for sustainable bond impact attribution
23 September 2024Early testing of artificial intelligence (AI) by BlackRock sustainable bond analysts has suggested that it is a significant help in correctly determining impact attribution to the use-of-proceeds of these bonds.
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'Tide has definitely shifted on nuclear' in green finance
20 September 2024Attitudes towards the place of nuclear power in sustainable finance markets have "definitely shifted" in the last couple of years, an Environmental Finance event has heard - but their place in green bonds remains a "separation point" in the market.
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Green bond reporting requirements are 'crazy'
20 September 2024The volume of green bond reporting requirements for participants is at "crazy" levels, according to panellists at the Environmental Finance's Sustainable Debt Americas 2024 conference held in New York this morning.
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BlackRock: 'US IRA has not triggered green bond issuance - yet'
20 September 2024The significant investment in sustainable activities stimulated by the huge US clean technology stimulus programme has not boosted green bond issuance in the country yet, but BlackRock told an Environmental Finance event that this could change soon.