Archive

  • Bond round-up: Unédic, Snam, Castle Peak, Northern States Power, Symbiotics ... and more

    17 June 2020

  • Snam issues maiden €500m 'transition' bond after 'climate action' criticism

    12 June 2020

    Italian energy infrastructure firm Snam has raised €500 million ($567 million) through its inaugural 'transition bond' to finance or refinance energy transition projects, just over a year after its 'climate action bond' attracted controversy.

  • Green bond comment September: Are stringent standards a good thing?

    04 September 2019

    Heads were turned when it was recently revealed that just 17% of the market value of bonds contained in the Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Green Bond Index would meet the proposed EU Taxonomy criteria – and thus be eligible to be verified in line with the EU Green Bond Standard (GBS).

  • BAML reveals thoughts on transition bonds

    26 August 2019

    Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) has weighed in on the debate about the creation of a new market for transition bonds, suggesting that at least a quarter of the proceeds of bonds bearing this label should be used to finance green assets or projects.

  • Marfrig's sustainable cattle bond attracts new ESG investors

    05 August 2019

    Beef producer Marfrig Global Foods was able to attract additional environmental, social and governance (ESG) investors for its $500 million Sustainable Transition Bond issued earlier this week.

  • ESG in Fixed Income, featuring the Green Bonds Americas conference 2019 - early bird ends this Friday

    01 August 2019

    The fifth annual ESG in Fixed Income, featuring the Green Bonds Americas conference will take place in New York on 17 September.

  • Beef giant issues controversial Sustainable Transition Bond Framework

    31 July 2019

    The world's second largest beef producer, Marfrig Global Foods, has issued a controversial Sustainable Transition Bond Framework for the purchase of cattle.

  • BNP: Growing in leaps and bounds

    Fresh from scooping several categories in the Green Bond Awards, BNP Paribas' Head of Sustainable Capital Markets Agnes Gourc looks ahead to the next stage of the market's growth.

  • Green and sustainability loans: the growth accelerates

    01 July 2019

    The green and sustainability-linked loan market grew exponentially last year. The next growth spurt could be driven by emerging markets, Michael Hurley writes

  • Green bond comment, May 2019

    01 May 2019

    The big debate on transition bonds and a strong start to the market in 2019