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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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Head-to-head debate: Transition bonds
13 November 2020Is a transition bond label still needed now that the Sustainability-Linked Bond Principles have been published?
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Green bond comment, October 2020: Automotive green bonds drive up corporate issuance
07 October 2020Issuance from car makers has shifted to a higher gear in recent months, and it is a sign that corporates more broadly are tapping the market, says Ahren Lester
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Green, social and sustainability bond market nearly doubles in third quarter
05 October 2020In a year thrown into disarray by the coronavirus pandemic, Ahren Lester reports on how issuance of green, social and sustainability bonds has continued to power ahead, helped by a broadening range of issuers and more large issues.
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Defining transition finance: how to be inclusive yet specific
28 September 2020Transition finance has garnered a lot of attention, but the challenge of delineating what exactly it is remains unresolved. Three recent reports try to balance the need for the definition to be both broad enough to be inclusive, yet specific enough to protect the instruments from claims of greenwashing. Ahren Lester reports.
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Basic definition essential for transition bond issuance, says ISS ESG
25 September 2020The market does not have to 'reinvent the wheel' on the structure of transition bonds to support future issuers, ISS ESG tells Ahren Lester, but a clear definition of what activities demonstrate 'transition' is essential for this potentially large market to grow
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Circular economy webinar: Integration and data are key to development
06 August 2020Accelerating investment in the circular economy requires banking innovation as well as increasingly holistic thinking and transparent data, the speakers at an Environmental Finance webinar said, with current progress leaving plenty of reasons to be upbeat. Ahren Lester reports.
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Sustainability-linked loans webinar: Leveraged loans could be next frontier
08 July 2020Institutional investors are ready to provide an exciting new source of growth for the sustainability-linked loan market, Michael Hurley writes
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How the sustainability agenda transforms the banking sector
08 June 2020Cornelius Riese identifies three key challenges for the sector
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Q&A with HSBC's Daniel Klier
05 June 2020The banking group's global head of sustainable finance talks about the impact of Covid-19, the future of fossil fuel investment, and reveals that the bank has had almost no response to its TCFD report.