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'Next gen' EU GBS frameworks 'really need to go into the weeds,' says NatWest
25 July 2024The "next generation" of green bonds incorporating the EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS) requirements will demand "significant effort" from issuers that could slow the progress in developing frameworks and then issuing bonds under the landmark standard, according to NatWest.
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NatWest: Investors 'increasingly' asking for blue and nature bond deals
22 July 2024Investors are increasingly asking NatWest to specifically bring nature-focused and 'blue' bond deals to market, but despite being "meaningful" themes in the sustainable bond market they are still not effectively being pointed out.
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NatWest: SLBs 'evolving' despite volatile global economy
29 September 2022The sustainability-linked bond (SLB) market will continue to evolve as it diversifies to include issuers in previously underrepresented sectors, despite a volatile macro backdrop, an executive at NatWest bank has said.
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NatWest: Biodiversity-linked sovereign SLBs could be 'powerful'
27 September 2022More sovereign sustainability-linked bond (SLBs) issuances could include targets related to biodiversity or natural capital, to build on growing momentum around the topic, an executive at NatWest bank has said.
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Green is Good
22 August 2018Times are a-changin' in the bond market. Companies with strong environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings stand to have privileged access to the capital markets. A universal 'green treasury' approach is needed to reap the economic and social rewards, says Arthur Krebbers
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Studies confirm pricing benefits to green bond issuers
05 February 2018Issuing green bonds can raise the price of a company's entire debt in the secondary market, according to research by NatWest Markets.