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  • World Bank: 'Save' SLBs with stricter standards and scrutiny

    30 August 2023

    The World Bank said there are encouraging signs that the quality of sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) is improving, but standard-setters, external reviewers and regulators also need to up their game to support the "revival".

  • World Bank warns of SLB greenwashing risk from 'structural loopholes'

    25 October 2022

    The World Bank encouraged the market to consider expanding the role of external reviewers for sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) to cover their structure, after research identified "structural loopholes" which pose a greenwashing risk for the market.