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  • BNP Paribas: 'Big hopes' for sovereign SLBs

    17 June 2026

    Although still a complex instrument for corporate issuers, BNP Paribas said there is "still big hope" for the growth of the sovereign sustainability-linked bond (SLB) market.

  • Outcomes-based bonds: Compliance carbon credit market 'key' to scalability

    01 June 2026

    The emergence of a compliance-driven, harmonised carbon credit market could be critical to supporting the scaling of the outcomes-based bond structure by reducing the need for an off-taker to get deals off the ground.

  • 'Transition finance itself is transitioning'

    29 May 2026

    The rapidly evolving geopolitical and socioeconomic landscape is forcing transition finance to reinvent itself, but could also provide a tailwind for the investment theme.

  • BNP Paribas: SLBs showing progress in 'anchoring ambitious targets'

    11 May 2026

    Early evidence from the performance of sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) and the continued strengthening of targets by repeat issuers is revealing their value for investors in providing sustainability insights and engagement opportunities, according to BNP Paribas.

  • Sustainable Debt EMEA returns to London next week

    27 March 2025

    Environmental Finance's 13th annual Sustainable Debt EMEA conference returns to London on 3 April.

  • Slovenia launches 'pioneering' sovereign SLB framework and eyes June debut

    21 March 2025

    Slovenia has published its "landmark" sustainability-linked bond (SLB) framework as it prepares to become the first European sovereign to issue the performance-based instrument.

  • Webinar: COP29 a missed opportunity to support private sector transition planning

    22 November 2024

    A lack of progress on negotiations at COP29 is undermining hopes that countries could support the creation of an international framework that would support private sector transition planning, a webinar hosted by the IFC and Environmental Finance heard.

  • Judging the credibility of transition plans, part two

    29 July 2024

    Investors preparing for a wave of transition plan disclosures face a complicated task to determine 'what good looks like', Michael Hurley writes

  • ICMA working on detailed 'green enabling' project checklist after guidance

    26 June 2024

    The International Capital Market Association (ICMA)-administered Principles is working on a "detailed checklist" to help issuers and investors use its newly released 'green enabling' project guidance.

  • Emerging markets sustainable bond issuance still faces challenges

    18 April 2024

    Momentum is building in sustainable bond issuance in several emerging markets, but a range of obstacles to attracting capital still need to be overcome, attendees at the Environmental Finance Sustainable Debt EMEA conference heard.