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'How do defence bonds land with sustainable investors?'

There is support for the use-of-proceeds 'defence bond' label among sustainable finance practitioners, but they should not be confused with 'sustainable bonds'. Ahren Lester reports

More SLBs likely to hit targets as hard-to-abate sectors withdraw from market, finds SEB

The number of European sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) that are on track to hit their targets has shown "a more positive trend" in 2024, a study by Swedish bank SEB has found.

Defence investors should 'learn lessons' from sustainable debt market

Defence sector investors and financiers should "implement lessons learned" from the sustainable debt market, especially private equity firms.

'Limited' natural gas role in transition gathering acceptance

After initially being rejected as a transition 'bridging' fuel, natural gas is gathering greater acceptance as having a more fundamental but "limited" role in the low-carbon transition journey.

SEB: 'Higher expectations' developing for SLBs

"Higher expectations" are developing around European sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs), in particular around Scope 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions targets, according to SEB.

SEB warns of 'dire need' to tackle slowdown in sustainable bond market

A slowdown in growth of the sustainable bond market during the first quarter suggests it is "living off the boom years" and issuance is not where it needs to be to meet climate targets, warns SEB's Gregor Vulturius.

COP27 sees progress on bilateral partnerships

The climate conference saw multilateral talks stagnate but bilateral partnerships show the way forward, argue Lina Apsheva and Gregor Vulturius

SEB: US, Asia to lead 2023 sustainable debt market rebound

The labelled sustainable debt market will bounce back in 2023, to potentially set a fresh annual issuance total, helped by a strong performance from the US sustainable bond market, SEB has forecast.

ECB bond buying climate tilt faces 'restrictions' in energy sector, says SEB

The options for the European Central Bank (ECB) to tilt away from carbon intensive issuers in its trillion-euro corporate bond buying programme are "particularly restricted" in the energy sector, according to a study of the central bank's proposed climate scoring system.

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