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• Corporate green bond issuers 'should have transition strategies'

  07 March 2019

  Investors should base decisions about whether to invest in corporate green bonds on their issuer's forward-looking and low-carbon transition strategy, said panelists at a conference of NGO Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI).

• Green bond comment, March 2019: What role should green bonds play in the energy transition?

  06 March 2019

  Italian oil and gas distribution firm Snam recently issued a 'climate action bond' that divided opinion.

• Snam's bond should trigger a discussion about 'transition bonds', says BNP

  01 March 2019

  An underwriter of Snam's 'climate action bond' has launched an impassioned defence of the issue, arguing that issues such as this are needed to help companies from high-emitting sectors to transition to lower-carbon business models.

• Fossil fuel issuer of ‘climate action’ bond reignites Repsol debate

  27 February 2019

  A ‘climate action bond’ issued by natural gas infrastructure company Snam has reignited a debate around whether there is a place at the green bond table for fossil fuel firms.