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Change on the horizon for green bond impact reporting
04 February 2021Proposals for an EU Green Bond Standard (GBS) and the pending launch of a platform designed to make it easier for investors to access data signal change for green bond impact reporting, according to participants of a webinar on the subject.
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Disclose physical risk management strategy, green bond issuers urged
24 April 2019Green bond issuers have been urged to improve their reporting on how they plan to adapt to potential physical risks posed by climate change, after a “first-of-its-kind” analysis claimed to highlight a low level of disclosure of such risks.
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Green bond funds struggle in tough 2018
22 February 2019In a tough year for fixed income markets, most green bond funds lagged their benchmarks. Peter Cripps and Elena K. Johansson report
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IBRD marks 10 years of green bonds with $1.2bn issue
14 November 2018The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), part of the World Bank Group, has issued two benchmark green bonds to mark the tenth anniversary of its entry into the market in 2008.
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Lombard Odier/AIM impact bond fund reveals environmental, social impacts
10 October 2018The Global Climate Bond fund, launched by Lombard Odier Investment Managers in partnership with Affirmative Investment Management (AIM), helped prevent emissions equivalent to 78,431 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) a year in 2017, as well as supporting 75MW of renewable energy and the treatment of 6,893m3 of wastewater.
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The growing pains of green bond funds
31 August 2018A lack of size, diversification and awareness are among the main challenges facing the fledgling green bond market, a poll of fund managers has revealed. Molly Wilson reports
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Environmental Finance Green Bond Awards winners revealed
28 March 2018Environmental Finance's Green Bond Awards have grown for the second consecutive year, as the number of categories expands in line with a rapidly expanding market.
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Big in Japan?
04 September 2017Support from the biggest pension fund in the world is helping ESG take off in Japan, write Peter Cripps and Joe Walsh
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Green bond funds poised to break through $2bn mark
28 July 2017The value of green bond funds is fast approaching the $2 billion mark after a spate of launches in the past two years, analysis by Environmental Finance has revealed.
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Wanted: UK green bond issuers
24 July 2017As the green bond market continues to break records and investors call for more supply, Hamza Ali asks why there hasn't been more issuance out of the UK