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AFII publish deforestation guide for bond markets
03 November 2025The Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute (AFII) has published a guide for fixed income investors around integrating deforestation risk assessment into their portfolio and pricing activities.
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Pioneer Enel drops SLBs after they 'worked perfectly'
17 October 2025After inventing SLBs in 2019, Enel has walked away from the instrument - but it is a tale of achievement rather than abandonment. Ahren Lester reports
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Landmark A2A green bond 'bodes well' for EU GBS issuance
24 January 2025Italian utility firm A2A has raised €500 million ($520 million) from the first green bond issued under the EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS),...
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Offset-heavy Eni SLB target 'one to watch' for 2024, says AFII
16 July 2024The surprisingly high use of carbon offsets by Italian oil major Eni in its progress towards its carbon emissions target has created an interesting litmus test for issuer and investor behaviours around sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs),...
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Almost 30% of SLBs could miss their 2024 targets, says AFII
11 July 2024There have been "strong examples" of impactful sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) transactions in the market as they approach their 2024 targets, according to the Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute (AFII) ...
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Enel 'rewarded' by investors after landmark SLB target miss, says AFII
21 June 2024The return of Enel to the sustainability-linked bond market following its historic target miss is a "strong vote of confidence" in the instrument...
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AFII: PPC target 'turnaround' shows 'strength of SLBs'
22 February 2024Greece's Public Power Corporation (PPC) is on "back on track" to meet its next sustainability-linked bond (SLB) target, despite missing an earlier one - which the Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute (AFII) said shows the positive incentive that the performance-based instrument provides issuers.