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Sustainable Debt EMEA returns to London next week
15 April 2026Environmental Finance's 14th annual Sustainable Debt EMEA conference returns to London on 23 April.
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Will investors buy the transition bond label?
18 February 2026The Principles have issued guidelines to help high-emitting companies raise 'transition' finance. Are investors convinced, asks Michael Hurley
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Green bond market unprepared for adaptation push
23 October 2025While there is growing interest in adaptation-related issuance, many issuers - both sovereign and corporate - are unprepared to come to market, according to several speakers at a sustainable bonds conference in London.
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2026 can be the year of the transition bond label, says HSBC's Pandit
23 October 2025More guidance for transition bonds could help the label take off next year, as new activities previously hidden from the market are "unlocked", predicted HSBC's Anjuli Pandit.
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'Struggle' to sell labelled debt in US leads to pivot to Asia and Middle East, says HSBC
10 June 2025The "struggle" to sell labelled debt products in the US in the current political environment is leading banks to seek business in markets with greater potential for growth, including in Asia and the Middle East, according to an executive at HSBC.
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Sustainable bond 'maturity wall' to reshape market
09 August 2024With $1 trillion of sustainable bonds approaching maturity, will their issuers return to the market, asks Ahren Lester
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HSBC: 'Inklings' of more nuanced investor demands of SLB targets
03 March 2023HSBC said there are already "inklings" of investors returning to more nuanced assessments of sustainability-linked bonds (SLB) in 2023, with less pressure on issuers setting vague targets for emissions reductions in their value chains.
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SLB step-downs are 'opportunity' for sovereigns
29 April 2022HSBC has highlighted an "opportunity" for sovereigns to include 'step-down' provisions in their sustainability-linked bond frameworks.
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HSBC urges investors to support under threat social bond market
28 March 2022HSBC has urged investors to continue to support the social bond market or else it is "under threat", after social investment dropped materially following a boost in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.