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  • EU recovery fund deal could boost green bond market: S&P

    24 July 2020

    A 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.

  • China green bonds: the state and effectiveness of the market

    03 July 2020

    Despite 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

  • Chinese green bond standard update a 'great signal' to market

    11 June 2020

    After 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

  • Q&A with HSBC's Daniel Klier

    05 June 2020

    The 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.

  • Green bond comment, June 2020: What use is use of proceeds?

    03 June 2020

    Ahead of the Green Bond Principles AGM, Peter Cripps asks whether the 'use of proceeds' format is under threat

  • Sovereign social bonds to protect lives and livelihoods

    05 May 2020

    An exceptional shock deserves an exceptional response, argues Farah Imrana Hussain

  • What makes a good corona-bond?

    29 April 2020

    Amid the pressing need to rush out Covid-19 bonds, how to uphold best practice, asks Michael Hurley

  • Could Generali's Green ILS framework kickstart a new market?

    22 April 2020

    Issuing green cat bonds could help the Italian insurer to diversify its investor base, Mirko Sartori tells Peter Cripps

  • Russia's bond market is going green

    21 April 2020

    VEB.RF is working on the first-ever national standard of green finance, including for green bonds, says Alexey Miroshnichenko

  • Green bond comment: April 2020

    27 March 2020

    The IFC and AfDB have demonstrated how the social bond market can help combat the coronavirus pandemic, writes Michael Hurley