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Comment: Can SLBs survive? Only if current issuers nurture not neglect them
20 May 2026Late-in-the-day target tweaks are unhelpful for the future of sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs), Ahren Lester argues
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L'Oreal's SLB targets miss surprises market
25 March 2026The targets miss highlights the need for clear communication, but also the heightened transparency SLBs bring. Ahren Lester reports
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AFII: SFDR 2.0 may have given SLBs a sought-after 'home'
21 November 2025The proposed updates to the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) fund labelling rules may have "opened the door" for investment in sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs), according to Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute (AFII).
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Axpo praises 'valuable' SLB amid 'highly ambitious' target miss
08 October 2025Swiss energy trading firm Axpo expects to miss the "highly ambitious" renewable energy targets linked to CHF800 million ($1 billion) of its sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs),...
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Market response to A2A SLB target miss 'extremely important'
29 April 2025Investors are becoming more efficient at pricing sustainability-linked bonds, Josephine Richardson tells Ahren Lester
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ESG corporate bond ETFs have 'material exposure' to deforestation, says AFII
03 April 2025Environmental, social and governance (ESG)-focused corporate bond exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are "materially" invested in substantially deforestation-exposed issuers, according to a think tank -...
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Massive 'Kellanova bond' offers Mars investors 'significant impact potential'
07 March 2025The $26 billion bond issuance by US confectionery and pet food firm Mars to finance its acquisition of cereal and snacks maker Kellanova offers investors the opportunity to "drive progress at pace" around sustainability impact, especially around deforestation commitments.
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'Hard to justify' nature financing within fixed income
06 March 2025Companies looking to finance their nature targets will face challenges with fixed income instruments, the Environmental Finance Natural Capital EMEA conference in London heard.
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Enel SLB target miss 'very significant event' for market
24 April 2024The missed target tied to more than $10 billion worth of sustainability-linked bonds from Italian energy firm Enel has been described as showing the "value" of the performance-based instrument,...
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Enel SLB target miss 'to cost it $27m'
24 October 2023Investors are not pricing in the expected Enel sustainability-linked bond (SLB) target miss at the end of 2023 which could trigger a coupon step-up for more than $10 billion worth of debt, according to the Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute (AFII).
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