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  • Amundi: Transition bond issuers must clearly 'draw line with green'

    01 June 2026

    Issuers looking to issue transition bonds have been urged to ensure they make clear where they are drawing the line between 'transition' and 'green' projects to build confidence in the instrument and ensure the credibility of green bonds, according to Amundi.

  • 'Lindy effect' shows health of sustainable debt market (Debt conference)

    23 April 2026

    Strong levels of issuance amid considerable market shocks, including two conflicts and an uncertain macroeconomic environment, have demonstrated the resilience of the sustainable debt market, an Environmental Finance conference heard.

  • Sustainable Debt EMEA returns to London next week

    15 April 2026

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

  • Climate transition bond label launch grapples with 'grey area' definitional challenges

    06 November 2025

    A label for bond issuers to flag fundraising for climate 'transition' investments has been launched, amid hopes it could catalyse transformational financing in emerging markets.

  • Green bond market 'almost mature', says Amundi's de Faÿ

    29 September 2025

    While the slowdown in green bond market activity during the first half of the year is nothing to be worried about, Amundi fund manager Alban de Faÿ says there is a need for a geographically broader range of issuance.

  • Amundi: EU GBS-induced sustainable bond slowdown is 'not a worry'

    30 July 2025

    There is "no reason to be worried" about the slowdown in European sustainable bond issuance as issuers are getting to grips with the implications of the EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS), according to Amundi.

  • Amundi 'very surprised' ICMA and EU GBS don't align

    03 April 2025

    Amundi has told an Environmental Finance panel it was "very surprised" that the EU did not align its Green Bond Standard (GBS) with the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) Green Bond Principles.

  • 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.

  • Investors have 'strong preference' for Capex over Opex in sustainable bonds

    17 July 2024

    Fixed income investors still have a "strong preference" for sustainable bonds focused on capital expenditure (Capex) rather than operational expenditure (Opex), according to a survey by the International Capital Market Association (ICMA).

  • New ICMA metrics could help 'accelerate' biodiversity finance

    01 July 2024

    An influential list of key performance indicators (KPIs) deemed appropriate for structuring sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) has been updated - with the newly added metrics dominated by biodiversity-related datapoints, reflecting keen investor interest in the theme.