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Profits are at risk in the aquaculture industry
23 August 2021The value of the global aquaculture market is growing exponentially. However, profits are at risk if investors do not rapidly address ESG issues in the seafood industry, writes Alice Delemare Tangpuori
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IOSCO should back off ESG ratings providers
19 August 2021IOSCO and its members must not direct ESG analytics providers on how to govern themselves, argues Bill Harrington
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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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Green Bond Comment, August 2021: A new dawn for the beleaguered transition bond label?
04 August 2021Once seen as the next exciting frontier in sustainable fixed income, the take-up of transition bonds has so far underwhelmed the market. But could the beleaguered label stage a fight back, asks Ahren Lester
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Green Bond Comment, July 2021: Should sovereigns choose sustainability-linked over green bonds?
07 July 2021Sovereign issuance is a key component of the sustainable bond market, but Ahren Lester asks why no country has yet taken the sustainability-linked bond route
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Databases and regulation driving standardisation of labelled bond data
02 July 2021Efforts to standardise green, social and sustainability bond impact data are gaining traction, but widespread comparability remains elusive, an Environmental Finance webinar heard. Michael Hurley reports
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Sustainability-linked debt: the risk of ESG-washing
21 June 2021Sustainability-linked loans and bonds may have different sustainability performance targets and pricing mechanisms from one another, but innovative new pricing structures may increase the risk of 'ESG-washing' across the whole asset class, Lori Shapiro writes
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Green Bond Principles tightens 'key' recommendations to reflect market best practice
10 June 2021Three years after the last update, the widely adopted Green Bond Principles has received a raft of updates to bring it in line with the developing best practice in the global sustainable bond market. Ahren Lester reports
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Harnessing export credit agencies for impact
17 May 2021Private debt funds set for launch could show how a 'little-known, $250 billion industry' can drive positive impact, Hussein Sefian tells Michael Hurley
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Lack of legislation on sustainable bonds - opportunity or disadvantage?
30 April 2021Adhering to established market practices is the best way to avoid greenwashing before the market becomes more tightly regulated, argue Massimiliano Danusso and Francesca Marchetti