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  • External reviewers under EU green bond standard will 'still have some flexibility'

    14 April 2020

    Verifiers under the EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS) would still have some flexibility in how they reach their conclusions, a member of the EU's Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (TEG) has argued.

  • Expect limit to EU Taxonomy alignment by global peers

    19 March 2020

    Partial alignment with the EU Taxonomy by some international peers may be the most investors can expect in the future, although the European Commission will promote international convergence on 'green' standards.

  • Carney: sovereigns benefit from green bond market 'success story'

    19 March 2020

    Former Bank of England (BoE) governor Mark Carney has described green bonds as a "success story", while lauding the benefits of sovereign issuers entering the market.

  • EU Taxonomy to be reference in innovating bond market - ICMA

    17 March 2020

    The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) believes the EU Taxonomy for Sustainable Activities will become a key reference as the green bond market moves beyond its current use of proceeds focus.

  • RBS targets halving emissions from financing activity by 2030

    14 February 2020

    The UK's Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) pledged to halve the climate activity of its financing activity by 2030 - although it admitted that it does not know how it will achieve the goal.

  • GBPs establishes working group on sustainability-linked bonds

    23 January 2020

    The Green Bond Principles (GBPs) has established a working group on sustainability- and key performance indicators (KPI)-linked bonds.

  • Green bond market should get a boost from proposed EU standards, say insiders

    18 June 2019

    Revised proposals for an EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS) from the EU Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (TEG) have been generally welcomed by market insiders.

  • The 12 themes set to shape 2019

    04 January 2019

    What are the areas to watch for responsible investing in 2019, asks Peter Cripps

  • World Bank plans 'blockchain bond'

    13 August 2018

    The World Bank is planning to launch what it claims will be the first global bond to be "created, allocated, transferred and managed ... using distributed ledger technology".

  • The green and sustainability loan market: ready for take-off

    20 July 2018

    Green and sustainability loans are the hot new trend in sustainable finance. Could they outgrow the booming green bond market, ask Nick Roumpis and Peter Cripps.