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  • Will investors buy the transition bond label?

    18 February 2026

    The Principles have issued guidelines to help high-emitting companies raise 'transition' finance. Are investors convinced, asks Michael Hurley

  • Japan's GX plan, one year on

    04 August 2025

    Does Japan's green transformation strategy represent industrial decarbonisation or a survival guide, asks Christina Ng

  • Is Asia's transition finance harming climate goals?

    18 April 2024

    Is the transition label a way to pull the wool over the eyes of investors and the public on climate action, asks Christina Ng

  • China urged to close state-owned enterprise green bond loophole

    01 December 2022

    The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) has urged China to close a "problematic" use-of-proceeds loophole for state-owned enterprises issuing green bonds in order to end the fragmentation of the Chinese market.