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  • Denmark 'leads way' with sovereign 'European Green Bond' debut

    01 October 2025

    The pioneering 'European Green Bond' (EuGB) from Denmark was "very well received" by investors, potentially leading the way for other sovereign issuers to come to market with the 'gold standard' green bond label.

  • Denmark launches groundbreaking sovereign 'European Green Bond'

    03 September 2025

    Denmark is planning to issue a pioneering debut 'European Green Bond' (EuGB) by the end of 2025 after the country published the first ever sovereign EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS)-aligned factsheet.

  • The Future of ESG Data: Environmental concerns rising up the agenda for sovereign bonds

    16 September 2020

    Environmental factors are becoming increasingly material considerations for investors in sovereign bonds, according to a panel of experts at Environmental Finance's The Future of ESG Data conference.

  • IFC elected chair of GBP/SBP excom

    06 July 2020

    The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has been elected chair of the executive committee (excom) of the green, social and sustainability-linked bond principles

  • Elections leave GBP executive committee unchanged

    10 June 2020

    All the members of the executive committee of the Green Bond Principles and Social Bond Principles (GBP & SBP) who were up for re-election have maintained their places.

  • Sustainability-linked Bond Principles mark new era for bond market

    09 June 2020

    A set of Sustainability-linked Bond Principles (SLBP) was launched today, in a landmark move that is expected to kickstart a new market of labelled bond issuance that will "complement rather than act as an alternative" to the green bond market.

  • GBPs map 'green' project eligibility against other taxonomies

    13 June 2019

    A mapping of how the influential Green Bond Principles' (GBPs) judgment of "greenness" corresponds with that of other standards and taxonomies has been published.

  • The anatomy of a taxonomy

    11 July 2018

    The European Commission has a highly ambitious target - to develop a taxonomy to define what is green and act as a compass for sustainable finance. But there's a long and rocky road ahead for this controversial initiative, find Nick Roumpis and Peter Cripps

  • Big debate: Green bonds - nothing but hot air?

    29 June 2018

    What is the purpose of green bonds? Can they be additional? Stan Dupre and Lars Eibeholm went head-to-head at Environmental Finance's Fixed Income & ESG conference, moderated by Tanguy Claquin