Archive

  • What makes a good corona-bond?

    29 April 2020

    Amid the pressing need to rush out Covid-19 bonds, how to uphold best practice, asks Michael Hurley

  • Winners revealed in Environmental Finance's Bond Awards 2020

    30 March 2020

    Environmental Finance's Bond Awards were expanded again this year to reflect the growth and evolution of the green, social and sustainability (GSS) bond markets and to include the nascent GSS loan market.

  • Green bonds: Assessing the external reviewers

    26 February 2020

    Sustainalytics continued to dominate the market for external reviewers in 2019, writes Christopher Marchant

  • Airport operator Swedavia issues SEK1bn green bond

    10 December 2019

    Swedish state-owned Swedavia has become the latest in a string of airport operators to issue a green bond.

  • Cicero pilots Shades of Green assessment of corporates

    27 November 2019

    Cicero plans to extend use of its Shades of Green methodology to assess the transition strategy of corporates.

  • $150m green bond for oil tanker fleet in pipeline

    02 October 2019

    Teekay Shuttle Tankers, a Canadian shipowner specialising in oil and gas transportation is looking to issue a $150 million green bond to fund the building of new tankers.

  • Sustainability bond labels can be a case of 'splitting hairs'

    23 September 2019

    The transition bond label is unnecessary and can amount to 'splitting hairs' over the perceived sustainability of some sections of the market, according to a leading green bond second opinion provider.

  • Taxonomy moving in the right direction but still too complex, says Cicero

    06 September 2019

    The second draft of the EU’s taxonomy of climate-related economic activities is an improvement on the first draft – but still risks burdening the market with unnecessary complexity, according to Cicero Shades of Green.

  • EU green bond standard ‘likely to kill’ second party opinions

    07 August 2019

    The proposed EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS) “is likely to kill the second party opinion format as we know it”, according to French investment bank Natixis CIB.

  • Will the taxonomy deliver?

    12 July 2019

    Will the EU's taxonomy succeed in boosting the flow of finance to a low-carbon economy, asks Elena K Johansson