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Will investors buy the transition bond label?
18 February 2026The Principles have issued guidelines to help high-emitting companies raise 'transition' finance. Are investors convinced, asks Michael Hurley
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Climate transition bond label launch grapples with 'grey area' definitional challenges
06 November 2025A label for bond issuers to flag fundraising for climate 'transition' investments has been launched, amid hopes it could catalyse transformational financing in emerging markets.
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Japan's transition bonds: 'The reception has improved dramatically'
11 June 2025Investors welcomed assurances that Japan's transition bonds promote energy security and competitiveness, the country says as it readies more deals. Michael Hurley reports
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ICMA Principles mulling changes to transition finance guidance
10 June 2025Updates to the Climate Transition Finance Handbook are being discussed that could lead to changes being unveiled at the Annual Conference of the Principles in Tokyo, according to the International Capital Market Association (ICMA).
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SLBs: 'Flight to quality' amid complexity challenge could be a positive
12 February 2025The underappreciated complexity of the sustainability-linked bond (SLB) has played a major role in the issuance decline in recent years, but...
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Webinar: Vague definition of greenwashing deters 'transition' finance
29 October 2024The growth of 'transition' finance is being held back by fears among debt issuers of being accused of greenwashing - a situation exacerbated by national regulators failing to clearly define what constituted greenwashing, a webinar hosted by Environmental Finance heard.
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ICMA: Sustainability-linked commercial paper 'existentially challenging - but exciting'
15 October 2024The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) hopes its observations on the difficulties in identifying "best practice" on structuring sustainability-linked commercial paper (CP) will help focus the market on how to get the "existentially challenging" product viable at scale.
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ICMA 'best practice' sustainable commercial paper guidance 'positive step' for market
08 October 2024The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has published an initial "best practice" report on the growing €300 billion ($330 billion) sustainable commercial paper (CP) market, with hopes that the additional guidance can help stimulate greater interest in the instruments.
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Ground-breaking 'Transition Loan Principles' expected by November
03 July 2024With formal principles on the horizon, the 'transition loan' market could be on the cusp of a new era - a dramatic step-change that could extend into the bond market. Ahren Lester reports
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Disclosure data checklist among ICMA SLB Principles updates
25 June 2024The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has published an updated version of the Sustainability-Linked Bond Principles (SLBP) which includes a new disclosure data checklist intended to "harmonise" and strengthen disclosures for the performance-based instrument.