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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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Transition bonds: the time is now
08 September 2020The transition label is key to helping meet the Paris Climate Agreement, argue Sandeep Bhattacharya and Sourajit Aiyer
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Green bond comment: September 2020: Sustainable loans market should learn a transparency lesson from bonds
02 September 2020The sustainable loan market is emulating the labelled bond market in terms of its rapid growth. But the same cannot be said of the level of information it offers, laments Ahren Lester
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Assessing Asian green bonds
14 August 2020Reporting of environmental and social impact is 'patchy' among Asian green bonds, finds a report, which recommends eight priorities for the market. Ahren Lester reports
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Green bond comment: August 2020: Have sustainability-linked bonds killed transition bonds?
05 August 2020The big news at the annual general meeting of the Green Bond Principles was the formation of the Sustainability-linked Bond Principles (SLBPs).
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EU recovery fund deal could boost green bond market: S&P
24 July 2020A massive potential 'green' debt issuance to fund the EU coronavirus (Covid-19) recovery plan could help crowd-in further green private capital to the market, S&P Global Ratings tells Ahren Lester.
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China green bonds: the state and effectiveness of the market
03 July 2020Despite the strong growth in the Chinese green bond market in recent years, analysis by the Climate Policy Initiative's Donovan Escalante and June Choi shows there is still plenty policymakers and investors can do to boost how effective the market becomes