Archive

  • Sustainability-linked bond target rebasing threatens credibility of market

    18 August 2023

    The baselines used to set sustainability-linked bond (SLB) targets are being changed "a lot" more than expected, in a trend that threatens the credibility of the market, MainStreet Partners has warned.

  • 30% of sustainability-linked bond targets 'on track to fail'

    07 August 2023

    Up to 30% of all sustainability-linked bond (SLB) targets on the market are "on track to fail," which MainStreet Partners said is getting close to "alarming" levels for issuers and investors.

  • MainStreet: 28% of green bonds 'already meet' EU Green Bond Standard

    01 August 2023

    MainStreet Partners said 28% of existing green and sustainability bonds already meet the main components of the provisional EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS), with the sustainable investment advisor expecting this number to grow.

  • Poor data driving emerging- and developed-market ESG fund divide, says report

    01 February 2023

    Emerging markets-focused sustainable funds in the EU are 'disadvantaged' by unusable data, a report has found.

  • UK regulator outlines ESG fund principles amid 'poor quality' applications

    20 July 2021

  • Environmental Finance's webinar - Renewable energy: mapping out the next investment push

    21 July 2020

    Join our webinars each Tuesday 10:00 EF / 15:00 BST

  • KPI-linked bonds webinar: Investors want 'Paris alignment'

    01 July 2020

  • Growing the corporate green bond market

    16 October 2015

    The enormous potential of companies to tap the green bond market has yet to be realised. Sophie Robinson-Tillett asks why

  • Green bond issuance in India will add 'real value' to market, says MainStreet

    24 April 2015

    Recent green bond offerings from Yes Bank and the Export-Import Bank of India (Exim India) have kickstarted the market in India, where financing is "greatly needed", according to impact investment firm MainStreet Partners.