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Just transition: Sustainable bond guidance to unlock 'immense promise'

An initiative has been launched to develop "practical" guidance to integrate 'just transition' considerations into sustainable bond markets, amid fears the theme has been "lost in translation" within allocation and impact reporting.

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Alok Sharma: We need more investors to pilot transition guidelines

The Transition Finance Council's Alok Sharma has called for more investors and lenders to help road-test its draft guidelines for assessing the transition planning of companies in hard-to-abate sectors.

UK transition guidance 'can boost SLB market' (Debt conference)

Draft guidelines for transition finance are likely to help UK companies in high-emitting industries communicate with investors, including via the issuance of sustainability-linked debt, a key member of the group that devised the guidance said.

Sustainable Debt EMEA returns to London next week

Environmental Finance's 14th annual Sustainable Debt EMEA conference returns to London on 23 April.

Finance too often an afterthought in transition planning, says key business group

The UK government has been urged to "take strategic ownership of the development process for sector transition plans" and address the chronic lack of detail in company plans on how transition measures will be financed, in a report by the Transition Finance Council.

UK group unveils framework for assessing credibility of transition finance

A UK government-backed group has launched draft guidance it says can give "legitimacy" to claims of financing companies in transition, to help grow investment and lending to high-emitting sectors including steel, cement and shipping.

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UK makes pitch to lead world in transition finance with launch of council

London stands to become "the preeminent financial hub for transition finance" if a new Transition Finance Council is successful, according to its chair and former president of the COP26 climate conference, Alok Sharma.

Carbon finance needs greater transition considerations, says former Verra CEO

Using carbon finance as an enabler for the transition will improve market credibility and the value of carbon offsets, former Verra chief executive David Antonioli has told Environmental Finance.