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Sustainability-linked bonds: One year after the principles - where to next?
10 August 2021Amid ongoing innovation and accelerating growth in 2021, where should the sustainability-linked bond market look next? Ahren Lester reports
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Sustainability-linked bonds: One year after the principles - Part 1
13 July 2021One year after the Sustainability Linked Bond Principles were published, the target-based fixed income instrument is seeing issuance accelerate. Market participants warn, however, that some current issues lack substance. Ahren Lester reports
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Combining sustainability-linked and green bonds would be 'more impactful'
09 February 2021Tying 'use-of-proceeds' green bonds with their emerging 'sustainability-linked' cousins could make green paper "more impactful and more intentional", and market participants are beginning to float the idea more widely.
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Bank of China transition bond a 'missed opportunity'
12 January 2021The Bank of China transition bond was ground-breaking in its claims to align with the newly launched transition finance recommendations, reports Ahren Lester, but experts judged the transaction as failing to live up to its promise and ambition
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ESG in Fixed Income Europe 2020 conference: Day one round up
12 November 2020The annual conference is being held virtually this year and attracted over 600 delegates on its first day
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Jupiter AM: a transition bond label is unnecessary
12 November 2020ESG in Fixed Income Europe 2020 conference: The 'transition' bond label is an unnecessary departure from the green bond model honed over recent years, attendees of Environmental Finance's virtual conference heard.
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Jupiter joins criticism of EU Ecolabel's focus on green bonds
05 February 2020Jupiter Asset Management has joined Triodos Investment Management in voicing concerns about the EU's proposed Ecolabel for bond funds.
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Marfrig's sustainable cattle bond attracts new ESG investors
05 August 2019Beef producer Marfrig Global Foods was able to attract additional environmental, social and governance (ESG) investors for its $500 million Sustainable Transition Bond issued earlier this week.
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Beef giant issues controversial Sustainable Transition Bond Framework
31 July 2019The world's second largest beef producer, Marfrig Global Foods, has issued a controversial Sustainable Transition Bond Framework for the purchase of cattle.
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Green bond comment, April: A return to form
03 April 2019After pausing for breath in 2018, the market for green, social and sustainability bonds surged again in the first quarter of this year.