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Chinese green bond standard update a 'great signal' to market
11 June 2020After years of misalignment with global green bond standards, the new proposals from Chinese watchdogs should clear the way for greater green bond issuance. Ahren Lester reports
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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.
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Green bond comment, June 2020: What use is use of proceeds?
03 June 2020Ahead of the Green Bond Principles AGM, Peter Cripps asks whether the 'use of proceeds' format is under threat
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Sovereign social bonds to protect lives and livelihoods
05 May 2020An exceptional shock deserves an exceptional response, argues Farah Imrana Hussain
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What makes a good corona-bond?
29 April 2020Amid the pressing need to rush out Covid-19 bonds, how to uphold best practice, asks Michael Hurley
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Could Generali's Green ILS framework kickstart a new market?
22 April 2020Issuing green cat bonds could help the Italian insurer to diversify its investor base, Mirko Sartori tells Peter Cripps
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Russia's bond market is going green
21 April 2020VEB.RF is working on the first-ever national standard of green finance, including for green bonds, says Alexey Miroshnichenko
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Green bond comment: April 2020
27 March 2020The IFC and AfDB have demonstrated how the social bond market can help combat the coronavirus pandemic, writes Michael Hurley
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Transition to a climate bond rating system
26 March 2020A new climate rating system is needed for all bonds, argues Michael Eckhart one of the original authors of the Green Bond Principles
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Strong performance for green, social and sustainability bond funds in 2019
16 March 2020After a torrid 2018 green, social and sustainability bond funds experienced a stronger performance in 2019, off the back of a rallying fixed income market. But performances were highly variable, reports Ahren Lester.